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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 27, 2024, 3:05 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2024, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 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 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
846 WHUS42 KMFL 272005 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 305 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 FLZ069-280000- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.240128T1800Z-240129T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 305 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$ FLZ168-172-173-280000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 305 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
4 follow-up statements
307 WHUS42 KMFL 272359 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 659 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 FLZ168-172-173-280100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-240128T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County- Coastal Miami Dade County- 659 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... 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. $$ FLZ069-280800- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.240128T1800Z-240129T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 659 PM EST Sat Jan 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
516 WHUS42 KMFL 280746 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 246 AM EST Sun Jan 28 2024 FLZ069-282100- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.240128T1800Z-240129T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 246 AM EST Sun Jan 28 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
909 WHUS42 KMFL 281830 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 130 PM EST Sun Jan 28 2024 FLZ069-290900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240129T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 130 PM EST Sun Jan 28 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through early Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
874 WHUS42 KMFL 290802 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 302 AM EST Mon Jan 29 2024 FLZ069-300000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240130T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 302 AM EST Mon Jan 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:04 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.