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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Miami, FL

March 9, 2025Collier County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 9:26 AM EDTGale WarningMFL23 hr
Mar 10, 9:40 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach10 hr
Mar 10, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades35 min
Mar 10, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin13 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.