Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 25, 2020, 2:46 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2020, 2:46 AM EST (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2020, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
255 WHUS42 KMFL 250746 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 246 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 FLZ069-251600- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0058.201225T0746Z-201226T0700Z/ Coastal Collier- 246 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
951 WHUS42 KMFL 251509 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1009 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 FLZ069-260700- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-201226T0700Z/ Coastal Collier- 1009 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
981 WHUS42 KMFL 252334 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 634 PM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 FLZ069-260700- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-201226T0700Z/ Coastal Collier- 634 PM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 2 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 11:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Dec 25, 12:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 29 min |
| Dec 25, 1:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 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.