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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2014, 11:00 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 26, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2014, 11:00 PM EST (04:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 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
- 1289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406 WHUS42 KMFL 260400 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1100 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES WEDNESDAY... FLZ069-270000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0031.141126T1200Z-141127T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 1100 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
840 WHUS42 KMFL 270005 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 705 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 FLZ069-270115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-141127T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 705 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 10:57 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 30 hr | |
| Nov 26, 4:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 37 min |
| Nov 26, 6:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Nov 26, 6:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Nov 26, 8:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 16 min | |
| Nov 26, 8:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 86 min |
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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.