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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 30, 2020, 3:13 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 1, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2020, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2020, 7:00 PM 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 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
264 WHUS42 KMFL 302013 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 313 PM EST Mon Nov 30 2020 FLZ069-011200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0053.201201T1200Z-201202T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 313 PM EST Mon Nov 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday 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. && $$ Baxter
4 follow-up statements
007 WHUS42 KMFL 010246 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 946 PM EST Mon Nov 30 2020 FLZ069-011200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0053.201201T1200Z-201202T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 946 PM EST Mon Nov 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Hadi
206 WHUS42 KMFL 010839 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 339 AM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0053.201201T1200Z-201202T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 339 AM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$ Hadi
723 WHUS42 KMFL 011407 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 907 AM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-201202T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 907 AM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
924 WHUS42 KMFL 012137 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 437 PM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-201202T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 437 PM EST Tue Dec 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 4:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 49 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.