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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 26, 2015, 9:15 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2015, 9:15 AM EST (14:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2015, 6:51 PM EST
- In force
- 34 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 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813 WHUS42 KMFL 261415 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 915 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015 FLZ069-270215- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.150126T1415Z-150127T0900Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 915 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...INCREASING RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS MORNING...WITH HIGH RISK PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KONARIK
3 follow-up statements
339 WHUS42 KMFL 261922 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 222 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015 FLZ069-270730- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150127T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 222 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
322 WHUS42 KMFL 270743 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 243 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 FLZ069-280000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150128T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 243 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ BAXTER
790 WHUS42 KMFL 272351 CFWMFL COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 651 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 FLZ069-280100- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150128T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 651 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE GULF COAST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:57 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 63 hr | |
| Jan 26, 10:49 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Jan 26, 10:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 min |
| Jan 26, 11:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Jan 26, 11:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 43 min | |
| Jan 26, 11:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 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.