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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 11, 2023, 3:46 AM EDT for Collier County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 64 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2023, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 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 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 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
390 WHUS42 KMFL 110746 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL Issued by National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 346 AM EDT Wed Oct 11 2023 FLZ168-120800- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0035.231011T0746Z-231012T0800Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 346 AM EDT Wed Oct 11 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
149 WHUS42 KMFL 120543 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 143 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 FLZ069-130000- /O.EXB.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231013T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 143 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ168-130000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231013T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 143 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach 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. && $$
753 WHUS42 KMFL 121152 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 752 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 FLZ069-122000- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0007.231012T1152Z-231012T1900Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231013T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 752 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, until 3 PM EDT this afternoon. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ075-121900- /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.S.0007.231012T1152Z-231012T1900Z/ Mainland Monroe- 752 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Mainland Monroe. * WHEN...Until 3 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ FLZ168-122000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231013T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 752 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
328 WHUS42 KMFL 121858 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 258 PM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 FLZ069-140000- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0007.000000T0000Z-231012T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231014T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 258 PM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$ FLZ075-122000- /O.CAN.KMFL.CF.S.0007.000000T0000Z-231012T1900Z/ Mainland Monroe- 258 PM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Water levels during high tide will remain elevated, but generally stay below minor flood stage. $$ FLZ168-140000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231014T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 258 PM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
871 WHUS42 KMFL 132353 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 753 PM EDT Fri Oct 13 2023 FLZ168-140100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231014T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 753 PM EDT Fri Oct 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ FLZ069-140100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-231014T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 753 PM EDT Fri Oct 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 3:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 42 hr | |
| Oct 11, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFL | Miami-Dade | 55 min |
| Oct 11, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 58 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.