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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Miami, FL

February 6, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 6, 2020, 3:30 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2020, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 8, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
In force
60 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 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2020-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

071 
WHUS42 KMFL 060830
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
330 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

FLZ168-172-173-061630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0011.200206T1200Z-200208T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
330 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Friday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ069-061630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0011.200207T0000Z-200208T1200Z/
Coastal Collier-
330 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...From this evening through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
289 
WHUS42 KMFL 061508
CFWMFL

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1008 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

FLZ168-172-173-070000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200208T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
1008 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties. 

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Friday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ069-070000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.200207T0000Z-200208T1200Z/
Coastal Collier-
1008 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...From this evening through Saturday 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.

&&

$$


http://www.weather.gov/miami
543 
WHUS42 KMFL 070827
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
327 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

FLZ168-172-173-071630-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200208T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-
327 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward, Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Miami- 
  Dade Counties.

* 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.

&&

$$

FLZ069-071630-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200208T1200Z/
Coastal Collier-
327 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
749 
WHUS42 KMFL 080841
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
341 AM EST Sat Feb 8 2020

FLZ069-081645-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200209T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
341 AM EST Sat Feb 8 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 4:07 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more18 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020

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.