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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 9, 2011Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 9, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 9, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 9, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 9, 2011, 1:52 PM EDT
In force
10 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 07:49 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, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

701 
WHUS42 KMLB 090748
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
348 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0006.110909T0800Z-110910T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
348 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY...BUT THE
  GREATEST RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE FROM MID MORNING INTO THE
  AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS.

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH...THE SURF ZONE IS
  DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. AVOID ENTERING THE WATER
  TODAY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH 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
1 follow-up statement
585 
WHUS42 KMLB 091752
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
152 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-091900-
/O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
152 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELED...

SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
TODAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE AT LOCAL
BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON.

$$


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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB95 min
Sep 9, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange63 min
Sep 9, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole63 min
Sep 9, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Sep 9, 6:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBMartin, Saint Lucie89 min
Sep 9, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB93 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.