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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2017, 5:07 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2017, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 09:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
677 WHUS42 KMFL 290907 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 507 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES... FLZ168-172-291015- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-171029T1200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 507 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIPS CURRENTS TODAY. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ FLZ069-300000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0039.171029T0907Z-171030T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 507 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Oct 28, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 23 min | |
| Oct 28, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 15 min |
| Oct 28, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 57 min |
| Oct 28, 11:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 45 min |
| Oct 29, 2:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 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.