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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 18, 2026, 2:29 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2026, 2:29 PM EST (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 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 19:31 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, 7.5 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
- 1450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
199 WHUS42 KMFL 181929 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 229 PM EST Sun Jan 18 2026 FLZ069-191200- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0003.260118T1929Z-260119T1200Z/ Coastal Collier County- 229 PM EST Sun Jan 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
084 WHUS42 KMFL 190708 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 208 AM EST Mon Jan 19 2026 FLZ069-191200- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260119T1200Z/ Coastal Collier County- 208 AM EST Mon Jan 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
392 WHUS42 KMFL 191154 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 654 AM EST Mon Jan 19 2026 FLZ069-191300- /O.EXP.KMFL.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260119T1200Z/ Coastal Collier County- 654 AM EST Mon Jan 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 1:06 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 32 hr |
| Jan 18, 8:35 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 40 min | |
| Jan 18, 9:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Jan 18, 12:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Jan 18, 1:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Jan 18, 1:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 37 min | |
| Jan 18, 1:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 26 min | |
| Jan 18, 2:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 45 min | |
| Jan 18, 2:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 36 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.