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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 26, 2020, 8:44 PM EST for Collier County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2020, 8:44 PM EST (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Collier County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
890 WHUS42 KMFL 270144 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 844 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ069-270945- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0017.200227T0144Z-200228T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 844 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
744 WHUS42 KMFL 270200 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 900 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ168-271000- /O.EXA.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200228T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach- 900 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ069-271000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200228T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 900 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
502 WHUS42 KMFL 271619 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1119 AM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 FLZ069-168-280600- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200228T0600Z/ Coastal Collier-Coastal Palm Beach- 1119 AM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Collier Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
151 WHUS42 KMFL 272033 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 333 PM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 FLZ069-168-280600- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200228T0600Z/ Coastal Collier-Coastal Palm Beach- 333 PM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach and Coastal Collier Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Friday. * 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 7:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 7:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Feb 26, 7:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 53 min |
| Feb 26, 7:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Feb 26, 8:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 62 min |
| Feb 26, 9:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 63 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.