Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 21, 2018, 3:37 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2018, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2018, 8:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
727 WHUS42 KMFL 210737 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 337 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 FLZ069-220000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0016.180321T0737Z-180322T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 337 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 ...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...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along Gulf beaches. 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
2 follow-up statements
332 WHUS42 KMFL 212000 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 400 PM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 FLZ069-220300- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-180322T0300Z/ Coastal Collier- 400 PM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along Gulf beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
753 WHUS42 KMFL 220046 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 846 PM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 FLZ069-220200- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-180322T0300Z/ Coastal Collier- 846 PM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 23 min |
| Mar 20, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 57 min |
| Mar 20, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 57 min |
| Mar 21, 3:42 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 15 hr |
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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.