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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 13, 2014, 4:19 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2014, 4:19 AM EST (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WHUS42 KMFL 130919 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 419 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES TODAY... FLZ069-131730- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.140213T1200Z-140214T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 419 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GULF WATERS THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES TODAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
774 WHUS42 KMFL 132007 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 307 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ069-140000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 307 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ KONARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 7:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 67 min |
| Feb 12, 7:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 89 min | |
| Feb 12, 7:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 55 min |
| Feb 12, 7:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 81 min | |
| Feb 12, 7:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Feb 12, 8:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Feb 12, 8:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 25 min |
| Feb 12, 9:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Feb 12, 9:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 9:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Feb 12, 10:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Feb 12, 10:50 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 85 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.