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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL

March 24, 2013Collier County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 5:09 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more3 hr
Mar 24, 8:39 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more10 hr
Mar 24, 9:07 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFL10 hr
Mar 24, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades31 min
Mar 24, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades35 min
Mar 24, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades25 min
Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades35 min
Mar 24, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Mar 24, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry30 min
Mar 24, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry29 min
Mar 24, 7:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL61 hr
Mar 24, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Mar 24, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 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.