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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Miami, FL

November 20, 2024Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 20, 2024, 3:38 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 20, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 2024, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 20, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 21, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
In force
30 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 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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 2024-11-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2024-11-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

858 
WHUS42 KMFL 200838
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
338 AM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

FLZ069-220000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0045.241120T1800Z-241122T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
338 AM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon through Thursday 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
268 
WHUS42 KMFL 201809
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
109 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

FLZ069-210900-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-241122T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
109 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
948 
WHUS42 KMFL 210740
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
240 AM EST Thu Nov 21 2024

FLZ069-220000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-241122T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
240 AM EST Thu Nov 21 2024

...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.

&&

$$
198 
WHUS42 KMFL 212350
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
650 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024

FLZ069-220100-
/O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-241122T0000Z/
Coastal Collier County-
650 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 3:38 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL3 days

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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.