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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 22, 2013Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 22, 2013, 4:47 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 22, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 2013, 4:47 AM EST (09:47 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 22, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 22, 2013, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 14 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 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 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.

329 
WHUS42 KMLB 220947
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
447 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2013

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-221800-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0019.131122T1100Z-131123T0100Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
447 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2013

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

* TIMING...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS IS GREATLY ENHANCED TODAY
  ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 1:30 PM
  AND 8:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. 

* IMPACTS...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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

ULRICH

1 follow-up statement

260 
WHUS42 KMLB 221746
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1246 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2013

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-230100-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-131123T0100Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
1246 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS IS GREATLY ENHANCED TODAY 
  ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 1:30 PM 
  AND 8:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. 

* IMPACTS...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. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
Nov 22, 4:34 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MLB		5 hr

Nearby

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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.