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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 7, 2011, 4:20 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2011, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
627 WHUS42 KMLB 070820 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 420 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-080000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0004.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 420 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY...BUT THE GREATEST RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH OR EXTREME...THE SURF ZONE IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS AN EXTREME RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 92 min |
| Sep 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Sep 7, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 65 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.