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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Miami, FL

March 5, 2025Collier County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 5, 2025, 6:59 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 5, 2025, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2025, 6:59 PM EST (23:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2025, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 7, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
In force
27 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 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2025-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 2025-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 511 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
511 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1012 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

948 
WHUS42 KMFL 052359
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
659 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

FLZ168-172-173-060100-
/O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-250306T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
659 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The risk of rip currents has decreased across the Atlantic coast. 

$$

FLZ069-061400-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0013.250306T0300Z-250307T0600Z/
Coastal Collier County-
659 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...From 10 PM EST this evening through late Thursday night.

* 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
829 
WHUS42 KMFL 060637
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
137 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

FLZ069-062100-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250307T0600Z/
Coastal Collier County-
137 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
615 
WHUS42 KMFL 061401
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
901 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

FLZ069-070000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250307T0600Z/
Coastal Collier County-
901 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
303 
WHUS42 KMFL 062358
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
658 PM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

FLZ069-070600-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250307T0600Z/
Coastal Collier County-
658 PM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Collier County.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 3:25 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more28 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.