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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2026, 2:14 AM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 5, 2026, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2026, 2:14 AM EST (07:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2026, 7:00 PM 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 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
445 WHUS42 KMFL 050714 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 214 AM EST Thu Feb 5 2026 FLZ069-051900- /O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0008.260205T1800Z-260206T1800Z/ Coastal Collier County- 214 AM EST Thu Feb 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST this afternoon through Friday afternoon. * 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. && $$ FLZ168-051900- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260206T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 214 AM EST Thu Feb 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
688 WHUS42 KMFL 051834 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 134 PM EST Thu Feb 5 2026 FLZ069-061000- /O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-260207T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 134 PM EST Thu Feb 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$ FLZ168-060000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260206T0000Z/ Coastal Palm Beach County- 134 PM EST Thu Feb 5 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
807 WHUS42 KMFL 060904 CFWMFL Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Miami FL 404 AM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 FLZ069-070000- /O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-260207T0000Z/ Coastal Collier County- 404 AM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Collier County. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:33 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 31 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.