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Rip Current Statement 57, NWS Miami, FL

December 23, 2019Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 23, 2019, 2:52 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2019, 2:52 PM EST (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
In force
28 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 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2019-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2019-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WHUS42 KMFL 231952
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
252 PM EST Mon Dec 23 2019

FLZ069-250000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0057.191223T1952Z-191225T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
252 PM EST Mon Dec 23 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
676 
WHUS42 KMFL 240743
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
243 AM EST Tue Dec 24 2019

FLZ069-250000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0057.000000T0000Z-191225T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
243 AM EST Tue Dec 24 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

FELL
688 
WHUS42 KMFL 241822
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
122 PM EST Tue Dec 24 2019

FLZ069-250000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0057.000000T0000Z-191225T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
122 PM EST Tue Dec 24 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

Cohen
703 
WHUS42 KMFL 250021
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
721 PM EST Tue Dec 24 2019

FLZ069-250130-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0057.000000T0000Z-191225T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
721 PM EST Tue Dec 24 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

The High Rip Current Risk has expired for the Collier County
beaches, however a moderate risk for rip currents remains in
effect.

$$

Cohen

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 10:33 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL117 min
Dec 22, 11:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe47 min
Dec 23, 12:11 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade2 hr
Dec 23, 12:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe41 min
Dec 23, 1:24 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade2 hr
Dec 23, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade48 min
Dec 23, 1:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward41 min
Dec 23, 1:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade40 min
Dec 23, 1:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade114 min
Dec 23, 1:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL97 min
Dec 23, 2:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward52 min
Dec 23, 2:22 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Dec 23, 2:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade47 min
Dec 23, 3:13 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL47 min
Dec 23, 3:23 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Dec 23, 3:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL22 min
Dec 23, 3:38 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL36 hr
Dec 23, 3:50 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade14 hr
Dec 23, 4:16 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL89 min
Dec 23, 6:43 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL97 min
Dec 23, 8:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward49 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.