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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Miami, FL

February 12, 2024Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 12, 2024, 6:58 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2024, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2024, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2024, 8:00 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Collier County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

036 
WHUS42 KMFL 122358
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
658 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024

FLZ168-172-173-130100-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-240213T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
658 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A moderate rip current risk will persist through Tuesday evening.

$$

FLZ069-140100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0011.240213T1200Z-240214T0100Z/
Coastal Collier County-
658 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday 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
371 
WHUS42 KMFL 132001
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
301 PM EST Tue Feb 13 2024

FLZ069-140100-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240214T0100Z/
Coastal Collier County-
301 PM EST Tue Feb 13 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$
692 
WHUS42 KMFL 140052
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
752 PM EST Tue Feb 13 2024

FLZ069-140200-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240214T0100Z/
Coastal Collier County-
752 PM EST Tue Feb 13 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A moderate risk of rip currents will persist through Wednesday 
afternoon across the Collier County beaches.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 12:18 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL32 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.