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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 14, 2013Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 14, 2013, 3:39 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 14, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2013, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 14, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

463 
WHUS42 KMLB 140839
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
339 AM EST MON JAN 14 2013


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-150000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0001.130114T1200Z-130115T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
339 AM EST MON JAN 14 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY BUT THE
  STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE
  AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS AND A SMALL BUT LONG PERIOD
  OCEAN SWELL.

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT 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.

&&

$$

WEITLICH

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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.