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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 20, 2020, 2:27 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 20, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2020, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 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 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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
- 461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 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
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
438 WHUS42 KMFL 200627 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 227 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 FLZ069-210000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0029.200420T0800Z-200421T1800Z/ Coastal Collier- 227 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$ Frye
2 follow-up statements
403 WHUS42 KMFL 202359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 759 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 FLZ069-211800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-200421T1800Z/ Coastal Collier- 759 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
317 WHUS42 KMFL 210755 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 355 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 FLZ069-211600- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-200421T1800Z/ Coastal Collier- 355 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:38 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | 50 hr |
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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.