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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 27, 2012, 5:24 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 27, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
175 WHUS42 KMLB 270924 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 524 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-271730- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0002.120527T1000Z-120528T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 524 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGHEST THROUGH 10:00 AM THIS MORNING AND AFTER 4:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL PUSH TOWARD NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND PUSH A LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. IN ADDITION...BRISK TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GENERATE ROUGH AND POUNDING SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTONA BEACH PATROL RECORDED AT LEAST SEVENTY RESCUES SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WELL AHEAD OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST TREACHEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WHICH WILL IMPACT AREA BEACHES TODAY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
603 WHUS42 KMLB 271506 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1106 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-280000- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 1106 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGHEST AFTER 4:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL PUSH TOWARD NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND PUSH A LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. IN ADDITION...BRISK TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GENERATE ROUGH AND POUNDING SURF AT AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTONA BEACH PATROL RECORDED AT LEAST SEVENTY RESCUES SATURDAY...WELL AHEAD OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST TREACHEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WHICH WILL IMPACT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH...THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT ADVISED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:41 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 15 hr |
| May 27, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 41 min |
| May 27, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| May 27, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 58 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| May 27, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 min | |
| May 27, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.