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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Miami, FL

January 21, 2020Collier County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2020, 3:23 AM EST for Collier County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2020, 3:23 AM EST (08:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Collier County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

484 
WHUS42 KMFL 210823
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
323 AM EST Tue Jan 21 2020

FLZ168-220000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.200121T0823Z-200122T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
323 AM EST Tue Jan 21 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Atlantic beaches of Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through at least 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.

&&

$$

FLZ069-220000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0006.200121T0823Z-200122T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
323 AM EST Tue Jan 21 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf beaches of Collier County.

* WHEN...Through at least 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
291 
WHUS42 KMFL 211447
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
947 AM EST Tue Jan 21 2020

FLZ168-220000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200122T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
947 AM EST Tue Jan 21 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach 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.

&&

$$

FLZ069-220000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200122T0000Z/
Coastal Collier-
947 AM EST Tue Jan 21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 3:28 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more30 hr
Jan 21, 9:46 AM ESTGale WarningMFL33 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.