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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2025, 8:19 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 10, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2025, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
637 WHUS42 KMFL 100019 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 819 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025 FLZ069-100830- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0014.250310T1200Z-250312T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 819 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Monday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
854 WHUS42 KMFL 100817 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 417 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 FLZ069-101700- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.250310T1200Z-250312T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 417 AM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
002 WHUS42 KMFL 101613 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1213 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 FLZ069-110500- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-250312T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 1213 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this 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. && $$
817 WHUS42 KMFL 102354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 754 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 FLZ069-120000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-250312T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 754 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Now through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
991 WHUS42 KMFL 110555 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 155 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 FLZ069-120000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-250312T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 155 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Now 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. && $$
663 WHUS42 KMFL 112333 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 733 PM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 FLZ069-120045- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-250312T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 733 PM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The risk of rip currents has decreased at the Collier County beaches, but will remain elevated overnight along the Gulf coast. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 9:26 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MFL | 23 hr | |
| Mar 10, 9:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Martin | 13 min |
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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.