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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Miami, FL

May 7, 2022Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at May 7, 2022, 2:59 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2022, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
29 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 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WHUS42 KMFL 070659
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
259 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022

FLZ069-080000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0019.220507T0659Z-220508T1200Z/
Coastal Collier-
259 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* 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
006 
WHUS42 KMFL 072353
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
753 PM EDT Sat May 7 2022

FLZ069-080800-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-220508T1200Z/
Coastal Collier-
753 PM EDT Sat May 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
813 
WHUS42 KMFL 080704
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
304 AM EDT Sun May 8 2022

FLZ069-081200-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-220508T1200Z/
Coastal Collier-
304 AM EDT Sun May 8 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* 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
May 6, 8:32 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL23 hr
May 7, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach35 min
May 7, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min
May 7, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL59 min
May 7, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL43 min
May 7, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
May 7, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
May 7, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
May 7, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
May 7, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry57 min
May 7, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL34 min
May 7, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier, Hendry2 hr
May 7, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
May 7, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward39 min
May 7, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier38 min
May 7, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward29 min
May 7, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward29 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.