Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Jun 18, 2012, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 18, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Jun 18, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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287 
WHUS42 KMLB 180737
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
337 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-181600-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0004.120618T1200Z-120619T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
337 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY BUT THE
  GREATEST THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING
  INTO MID AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. 

* IMPACTS...LINGERING LONG PERIOD OCEAN SWELLS INTO TODAY AND HIGH
  ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK
  OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. WHEN THIS RIP CURRENT RISK
  IS HIGH...THE SURF ZONE IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

WEITLICH

361 
WHUS42 KMLB 181447
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1047 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-190000-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120619T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1047 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY BUT THE
  GREATEST THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID
  AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS.

* IMPACTS...LINGERING LONG PERIOD OCEAN SWELLS AND HIGH
  ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK
  OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS
  HIGH...THE SURF ZONE IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

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