Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 4, 2020, 2:58 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 4, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2020, 2:58 AM EST (07:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2020, 8:37 PM EST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
228 WHUS42 KMFL 040758 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 258 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 FLZ069-050600- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0001.200104T1200Z-200106T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 258 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Sunday 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. && $$ Cohen
5 follow-up statements
729 WHUS42 KMFL 040809 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 309 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 FLZ069-050600- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.200104T1200Z-200106T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 309 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Cohen
041 WHUS42 KMFL 041958 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 258 PM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 FLZ069-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200106T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 258 PM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
627 WHUS42 KMFL 050804 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 304 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 FLZ168-172-173-060000- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200106T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 304 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward, and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ069-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200106T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 304 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 ...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. && $$ Cohen
861 WHUS42 KMFL 052034 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 334 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 FLZ069-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200106T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 334 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-172-173-061200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200106T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 334 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
034 WHUS42 KMFL 060137 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 837 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 FLZ168-172-173-060245- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200106T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 837 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Miami has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:03 AM EST | Gale Watch | MFL | 12 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 39 min |
| Jan 4, 2:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 49 min |
| Jan 4, 3:00 PM EST | Gale Warning | MFL | 19 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:00 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 38 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 3:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 119 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 88 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 min |
| Jan 4, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry, Monroe | 65 min |
| Jan 4, 4:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 94 min |
| Jan 4, 6:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 57 min | |
| Jan 4, 6:50 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 85 min |
Nearby
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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.