Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 24, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483 WHUS42 KMFL 241300 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 900 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ069-251200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.130324T1300Z-130325T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 900 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES, CAUSING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MOLLEDA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:39 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:07 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFL | 10 hr | |
| Mar 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 31 min |
| Mar 24, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Mar 24, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 7:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 61 hr | |
| Mar 24, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Mar 24, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.