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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2014, 4:09 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2014, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 18 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 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
152 WHUS42 KMFL 210909 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 409 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 FLZ069-211715- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.140121T1800Z-140122T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 409 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...BREEZY TO WINDY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE WEST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE WEST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE WEST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
960 WHUS42 KMFL 212112 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 412 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 FLZ069-220515- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 412 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE WEST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 39 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 29 hr |
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.