Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 4, 2012, 3:56 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2012, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 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 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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.
017 WHUS42 KMLB 040756 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 356 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE LESLIE WERE REACHING THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. THIS USUALLY GENERATES STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-050900- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0005.120904T0800Z-120905T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 356 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM...THEN BETWEEN ABOUT 2 PM AND 8 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT SO THE OCEAN WILL LOOK RATHER INVITING. HOWEVER THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN NEAR A LIFEGUARD. 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. && $$ RL
2 follow-up statements
237 WHUS42 KMLB 050804 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 404 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE LESLIE WERE REACHING THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. THIS USUALLY GENERATES STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-060900- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120906T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 404 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 9 AM...THEN BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT SO THE OCEAN WILL LOOK INVITING. HOWEVER THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 67
643 WHUS42 KMLB 060818 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 418 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE LESLIE WERE REACHING THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. THIS USUALLY GENERATES STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-070300- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120907T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 418 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MID TO LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT SO THE OCEAN WILL LOOK INVITING. HOWEVER THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN NEAR A LIFEGUARD. 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. && $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 58 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.