Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 6, 2020, 12:43 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2020, 12:43 PM EST (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 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 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 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
- 1748 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
567 WHUS42 KMFL 061743 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1243 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2020 FLZ069-070200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0019.200306T1743Z-200307T0200Z/ Coastal Collier- 1243 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 9 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
820 WHUS42 KMFL 062330 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 630 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2020 FLZ168-172-173-070730- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0020.200307T0600Z-200309T1200Z/ Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade- 630 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach, Coastal Broward and Coastal Miami- Dade Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM EST Saturday through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ069-070600- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200307T0600Z/ Coastal Collier- 630 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Saturday. * 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. && $$ Frye
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 8:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Mar 6, 8:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 8:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Mar 6, 9:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Mar 6, 6:30 PM EST | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 5 days |
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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.