Alert archive / Florida / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 20, 2018, 2:10 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2018, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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
- 1734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
412 WHUS42 KMFL 201810 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 210 PM EDT Mon Aug 20 2018 FLZ069-210200- /O.NEW.KMFL.BH.S.0008.180820T1810Z-180825T0200Z/ Coastal Collier- 210 PM EDT Mon Aug 20 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for Florida Red tide, which is in effect through Friday evening. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...Possible respiratory irritation in some coastal areas. For Red Tide forecast information visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab (all lower case). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... Symptoms may include coughing...sneezing...and tearing eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma... emphysema...and other pulmonary diseases...may be more sensitive. Irritation may vary locally and throughout the day. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms...consider going to an unaffected beach nearby. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: Coastal northern Collier County: Gulf Coast...possible Thursday and Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * Florida Red Tide Observations. You can find unaffected beaches by checking reports of recent, local observations and data: Mote Marine Laboratory daily beach conditions http://www.mote.org/beaches and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Red Tide Status: http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus. * Florida Red Tide Health Information. Consult the Florida Department of Health: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental- health/aquatic- toxins/red-tide.html or call the Poison Control Center: 1-800- 222-1222. Inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/NOAA of these external web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. * Florida Red Tide Information Sources. Red Tide forecasts are provided by the National Ocean Service with data provided by the FWC and Mote Marine Laboratory (http://www.mote.org/pages/Florida-Red-Tide1). && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
2 follow-up statements
721 WHUS42 KMFL 202015 AAA CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Miami FL 415 PM EDT Mon Aug 20 2018 Corrected for end time on Beach Hazards Statement... FLZ069-210415- /O.EXT.KMFL.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180824T0200Z/ Coastal Collier- 415 PM EDT Mon Aug 20 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...Possible respiratory irritation in some coastal areas. For Red Tide forecast information visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab (all lower case). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... Symptoms may include coughing...sneezing...and tearing eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma... emphysema...and other pulmonary diseases...may be more sensitive. Irritation may vary locally and throughout the day. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms...consider going to an unaffected beach nearby. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: Coastal northern Collier County: Gulf Coast... possible Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * Florida Red Tide Observations. You can find unaffected beaches by checking reports of recent, local observations and data: Mote Marine Laboratory daily beach conditions http://www.mote.org/beaches and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Red Tide Status: http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus. * Florida Red Tide Health Information. Consult the Florida Department of Health: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental- health/aquatic- toxins/red-tide.html or call the Poison Control Center: 1-800- 222-1222. Inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/NOAA of these external web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. * Florida Red Tide Information Sources. Red Tide forecasts are provided by the National Ocean Service with data provided by the FWC and Mote Marine Laboratory (http://www.mote.org/pages/Florida-Red-Tide1). && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
770 WHUS42 KMFL 220054 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 854 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 2018 FLZ069-240000- /O.CON.KMFL.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180824T0200Z/ Coastal Collier- 854 PM EDT Tue Aug 21 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...Possible respiratory irritation in some coastal areas. For Red Tide forecast information visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab (all lower case). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... Symptoms may include coughing...sneezing...and tearing eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma... emphysema...and other pulmonary diseases...may be more sensitive. Irritation may vary locally and throughout the day. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms...consider going to an unaffected beach nearby. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: Coastal northern Collier County: Gulf Coast... possible Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * Florida Red Tide Observations. You can find unaffected beaches by checking reports of recent, local observations and data: Mote Marine Laboratory daily beach conditions http://www.mote.org/beaches and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Red Tide Status: http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus. * Florida Red Tide Health Information. Consult the Florida Department of Health: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental- health/aquatic- toxins/red-tide.html or call the Poison Control Center: 1-800- 222-1222. Inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/NOAA of these external web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. * Florida Red Tide Information Sources. Red Tide forecasts are provided by the National Ocean Service with data provided by the FWC and Mote Marine Laboratory (http://www.mote.org/pages/Florida-Red-Tide1). && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 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.