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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 2, 2013Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 2, 2013, 3:58 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2013, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 16 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 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 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.

408 
WHUS42 KMLB 020758
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
358 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-021600-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0015.130602T0800Z-130603T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
358 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...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...RIP CURRENTS SHOULD HAVE THE GREATEST SEAWARD PULL FROM
  AROUND MID MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED AT EAST CENTRAL
  FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY. VENTURING INTO THE WATER MUCH ABOVE YOUR
  KNEES SHOULD BE AVOIDED...ESPECIALLY FOR WEAK SWIMMERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. DO NOT SWIM ALONE AT
UNGUARDED BEACHES. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN WITHIN SIGHT OF A
LIFEGUARD.

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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	66 min
Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake	2 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.