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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2020, 9:34 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2020, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
550 WHUS42 KMFL 010134 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 934 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020 FLZ069-011200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0024.200401T0134Z-200402T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 934 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$ Frye
4 follow-up statements
122 WHUS42 KMFL 010615 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 215 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200402T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 215 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Cohen
073 WHUS42 KMFL 011359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 959 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200402T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 959 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$ FELL
371 WHUS42 KMFL 011936 CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 336 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200402T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 336 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/miami
401 WHUS42 KMFL 020003 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 803 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 FLZ069-020115- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200402T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 803 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The threat of rip currents has decreased along the Collier County beaches. Therefore, the High Risk of Rip Currents has been allowed to expired for Coastal Collier County. $$ Baxter
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:34 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 18 hr | |
| Apr 1, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 94 min |
| Apr 1, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Apr 1, 2:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 2:37 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Apr 1, 2:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 56 min |
| Apr 1, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 49 min | |
| Apr 1, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Apr 1, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 61 min |
| Apr 1, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 59 min |
| Apr 1, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Apr 1, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 4:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 1, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Apr 1, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 93 min |
| Apr 1, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 74 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.