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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Miami, FL

June 18, 2023Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 18, 2023, 3:31 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 18, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2023, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2023, 7:26 PM EDT
In force
11 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 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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 2023-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1653 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

335 
WHUS42 KMFL 180731
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
331 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

FLZ069-181545-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0026.230618T1200Z-230619T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
331 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
175 
WHUS42 KMFL 181250
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
850 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

FLZ069-190000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-230619T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
850 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$
739 
WHUS42 KMFL 182326
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
726 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

FLZ069-190030-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-230619T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
726 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL65 min
Jun 18, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry54 min
Jun 18, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry66 min
Jun 18, 4:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades30 min
Jun 18, 4:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier64 min
Jun 18, 4:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
Jun 18, 4:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry58 min
Jun 18, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry33 min
Jun 18, 5:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach27 min
Jun 18, 5:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward31 min
Jun 18, 6:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward30 min
Jun 18, 6:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach20 min
Jun 18, 8:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier24 min
Jun 18, 8:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL15 min
Jun 18, 8:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLCollier5 hr
Jun 18, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier30 min
Jun 18, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier32 min
Jun 18, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL38 min
Jun 18, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier51 min
Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe23 min
Jun 18, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade47 min
Jun 18, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Jun 18, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Jun 18, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL36 min
Jun 18, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade31 min
Jun 18, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Jun 18, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade31 min
Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL30 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
Jun 18, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Jun 18, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL45 min
Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
Jun 18, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL31 min
Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier30 min
Jun 18, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL42 min
Jun 18, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 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.