Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Sep 17, 2012, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)

Expired

Sep 17, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

17 hr

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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140 
WHUS42 KMLB 170714
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
314 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY...

FLZ046-047-054-059-064-141-147-180000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0007.120917T0714Z-120918T0000Z/
SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
314 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

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

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

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY BUT THE
  STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND
  5 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS.

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH...THE SURF ZONE IS
  DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS.

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.

&&

$$

SEDLOCK

772 
WHUS42 KMLB 170752 AAA
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
352 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY...

FLZ046-170900-
/O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-120918T0000Z/
SEMINOLE-
352 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK. 

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-180000-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-120918T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
352 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

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

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY BUT THE 
  STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 
  5 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. 

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH...THE SURF ZONE IS 
  DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. 

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.

&&

$$

SEDLOCK

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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.