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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2018, 3:00 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2018, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2018, 7:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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
- 653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted.
933 WHUS42 KMFL 160700 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 300 AM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 FLZ069-170000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0020.180416T0700Z-180417T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 300 AM EDT Mon Apr 16 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 the 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
3 follow-up statements
175 WHUS42 KMFL 161153 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 753 AM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 FLZ069-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-180417T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 753 AM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the Gulf Beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
163 WHUS42 KMFL 162053 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 453 PM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 FLZ069-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-180417T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 453 PM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along the 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. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
616 WHUS42 KMFL 162319 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 719 PM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 FLZ069-170030- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-180417T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 719 PM EDT Mon Apr 16 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 30 min | |
| Apr 15, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 92 min | |
| Apr 15, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Apr 15, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 96 min | |
| Apr 15, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min | |
| Apr 16, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 89 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.