Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 24, 2015, 8:04 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2015, 8:04 AM EST (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
596 WHUS42 KMFL 241304 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 804 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 FLZ069-250000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.150124T1304Z-150125T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 804 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
223 WHUS42 KMFL 250005 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 705 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 FLZ069-250600- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150125T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0005.150125T0005Z-150125T0600Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 705 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 4:17 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 24 hr | |
| Jan 24, 5:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 40 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.