Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 16, 2016, 5:09 PM EST for Collier County, Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 17, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2016, 5:09 PM EST (22:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2016, 3:20 AM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Collier County, FL, Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WHUS42 KMFL 162209 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 509 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 FLZ069-075-170615- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0001.160117T0600Z-160118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0004.160117T0600Z-160118T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE- 509 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY SENSITIVE LOCATIONS... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF ARE EXPECTED ON SOUTH FLORIDAS GULF BEACHES. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT PARTICULARLY FLOOD-SENSITIVE LOCATIONS AS STRONG ONSHORE WINDS SURGE WATER TOWARD THE COAST. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
4 follow-up statements
668 WHUS42 KMFL 170610 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 110 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, CAUSING STRONG ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE COLLIER COUNTY COAST AND LEADING TO ROUGH SURF AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS... FLZ069-075-171500- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE- 110 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY SENSITIVE LOCATIONS... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF ARE EXPECTED ON SOUTH FLORIDA'S GULF BEACHES. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT PARTICULARLY FLOOD-SENSITIVE LOCATIONS AS STRONG ONSHORE WINDS SURGE WATER TOWARD THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
093 WHUS42 KMFL 171510 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1010 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST THIS MORNING ALONG WITH TRAILING FRONT MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST CAUSING STRONG WINDS IN ITS WAKE ACROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS... FLZ069-075-180000- /O.CON.KMFL.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE- 1010 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY IN SENSITIVE COASTAL LOCATIONS... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF ARE EXPECTED ON SOUTH FLORIDA'S GULF BEACHES TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...THE SQUALL LINE THAT MOVED ACROSS THE NAPLES AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING CAUSED WATER LEVELS TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TIDAL LEVELS RESULTING IN SOME COASTAL FLOODING IN SOME SPOTS ALONG NAPLES COAST. THE RESIDUAL EFFECT FROM THIS AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL MAKE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AT PARTICULARLY FLOOD- SENSITIVE LOCATIONS THE REST OF TODAY ALONG THE COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COASTS. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
446 WHUS42 KMFL 172027 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 327 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST THIS MORNING ALONG WITH TRAILING FRONT MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST CAUSING STRONG WINDS IN ITS WAKE ACROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS... FLZ069-075-180430- /O.EXT.KMFL.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE- 327 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SENSITIVE COASTAL LOCATIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF ARE EXPECTED ON SOUTH FLORIDA'S GULF BEACHES. ADDITIONALLY ABOVE NORMAL TIDAL LEVELS CONTINUE. THEREFORE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT PARTICULARLY FLOOD SENSITIVE LOCATIONS ALONG THE COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
046 WHUS42 KMFL 180820 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 320 AM EST MON JAN 18 2016 FLZ069-075-180930- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE- 320 AM EST MON JAN 18 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... * WITH ROUGH SEAS OFFSHORE AND A CONTINUED MINOR SWELL ALONG THE GULF COAST, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY ALONG THE GULF COAST. * OBSERVED TIDAL HEIGHTS HAVE SUBSIDED AND NO LONGER POSE A FLOOD RISK ALONG THE GULF COAST. 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 16, 7:44 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | 76 min | |
| Jan 16, 9:02 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 5:09 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 34 hr |
| Jan 16, 5:10 PM EST | Gale Warning | MFL | 23 hr | |
| Jan 16, 5:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 44 hr | |
| Jan 16, 5:15 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.