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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 14, 2026, 1:26 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 15, 2026, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2026, 1:26 PM EST (18:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2026, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2026, 9:54 AM 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 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Key West, FL (KNQX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
918 WHUS42 KMFL 141826 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 126 PM EST Wed Jan 14 2026 FLZ069-150830- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0002.260115T0900Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 126 PM EST Wed Jan 14 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday morning. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
512 WHUS42 KMFL 150823 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 323 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 FLZ069-151630- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0002.260115T0900Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 323 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
879 WHUS42 KMFL 150832 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 332 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 FLZ069-151645- /O.NEW.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.260115T2000Z-260116T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0002.260115T0900Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 332 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 2 to 6 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday morning. For the High Surf Advisory, from 3 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
684 WHUS42 KMFL 151542 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1042 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 FLZ069-152345- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.260115T2000Z-260116T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 1042 AM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday morning. For the High Surf Advisory, from 3 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
770 WHUS42 KMFL 152018 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 318 PM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 FLZ069-160600- /O.CON.KMFL.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-260116T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 318 PM EST Thu Jan 15 2026 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday morning. For the High Surf Advisory, from 3 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
620 WHUS42 KMFL 160823 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 323 AM EST Fri Jan 16 2026 FLZ069-161500- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 323 AM EST Fri Jan 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday morning. For the High Surf Advisory, from 3 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
934 WHUS42 KMFL 161454 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 954 AM EST Fri Jan 16 2026 FLZ069-161600- /O.CAN.KMFL.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260116T1500Z/ Coastal Collier County- 954 AM EST Fri Jan 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 5:03 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 4 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:26 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 57 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:34 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 14 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.