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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Miami, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 12:18 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 32 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.