Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 9, 2017, 3:42 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2017, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 39 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 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
333 WHUS42 KMFL 090842 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 342 AM EST SAT DEC 9 2017 FLZ069-091645- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0045.171209T0842Z-171210T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 342 AM EST SAT DEC 9 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF BEACHES, WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
638 WHUS42 KMFL 092100 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 400 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2017 FLZ069-100500- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-171210T1200Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 400 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF BEACHES, WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI
571 WHUS42 KMFL 100808 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 308 AM EST SUN DEC 10 2017 FLZ069-110000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-171211T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 308 AM EST SUN DEC 10 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE GULF BEACHES, WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:35 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 55 min | |
| Dec 9, 4:22 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 83 min | |
| Dec 9, 4:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 49 min |
| Dec 9, 5:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 52 min |
| Dec 9, 5:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 62 min |
| Dec 9, 5:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Dec 9, 5:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 51 min |
| Dec 9, 6:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Dec 9, 6:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 78 min |
| Dec 9, 6:33 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Dec 9, 6:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 46 min | |
| Dec 9, 7:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Dec 9, 7:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| Dec 9, 7:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 81 min |
| Dec 9, 8:13 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Dec 9, 10:13 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Dec 9, 11:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 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.