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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Miami, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 3:38 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 3 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.