Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2012, 10:12 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2012, 10:12 AM EDT (14:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
613 WHUS42 KMLB 291412 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1012 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 FLZ064-300200- /O.EXP.KMLB.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.EXP.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0004.121029T1412Z-121030T0200Z/ MARTIN- 1012 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE CONTINUES A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES TO AROUND 5 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING WHICH PEAKS 8 TO 9 PM. * IMPACTS...BATTERING SURF WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE OCEAN VERY HAZARDOUS! LARGE BREAKING WAVES MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BEACH AND DUNE EROSION...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... OCCURRING THIS EVENING BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SURF REMAINS DANGEROUS! BEACH GOERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER OR VENTURE OUT ONTO JETTIES! A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA IN ADDITION TO STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ054-059-300200- /O.EXP.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0004.121029T1412Z-121030T0200Z/ INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE- 1012 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE CONTINUES A HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES UP TO 4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...BATTERING SURF WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE OCEAN VERY HAZARDOUS! LARGE BREAKING WAVES MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BEACH AND DUNE EROSION...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... OCCURRING THIS EVENING BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SURF REMAINS DANGEROUS! BEACH GOERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER OR VENTURE OUT ONTO JETTIES! LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PERSONS WHO ARE CONSIDERING GOING TO THE BEACHES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS SURF. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ047-141-147-300200- /O.EXP.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0008.121029T1412Z-121030T0200Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- 1012 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LONG PERIOD OCEAN SWELLS AND HIGH ASTRONIMICAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO THE OCEAN VERY HAZARDOUS! ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:20 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:12 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | 12 hr | |
| Oct 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 hr |
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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.