Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 30, 2023, 4:22 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2023, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
354 WHUS42 KMFL 300822 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 422 AM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023 FLZ069-301630- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0020.230430T0822Z-230501T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 422 AM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
121 WHUS42 KMFL 301624 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1224 PM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023 FLZ069-011200- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-230501T1200Z/ Coastal Collier- 1224 PM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
159 WHUS42 KMFL 010603 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 203 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023 FLZ069-011415- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-230502T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 203 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
898 WHUS42 KMFL 011149 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 749 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023 FLZ069-020000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-230502T0000Z/ Coastal Collier- 749 AM EDT Mon May 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 42 min | |
| Apr 29, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 33 min | |
| Apr 29, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Monroe | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 94 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 6:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Apr 30, 7:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 7:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 89 min | |
| Apr 30, 7:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 7:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 17 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 8:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 17 min |
| Apr 30, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry, Palm Beach | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 27 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 95 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Apr 30, 9:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 9:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 9:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 10:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 59 min | |
| Apr 30, 10:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 10:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 5 min |
| Apr 30, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Apr 30, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 65 min | |
| Apr 30, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 61 min | |
| Apr 30, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 14 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.