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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 29, 2026, 2:16 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2026, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 1697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358 WHUS42 KMFL 290616 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 216 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 FLZ069-291430- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0025.260729T0616Z-260730T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 216 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
227 WHUS42 KMFL 291418 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 1018 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 FLZ069-300000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-260730T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 1018 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
807 WHUS42 KMFL 292354 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 754 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 FLZ069-300100- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-260730T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 754 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 12:52 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 18 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 23 hr | |
| Jul 29, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 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.