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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 27, 2013Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 27, 2013, 3:11 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 27, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2013, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 27, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
In force
13 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 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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 2013-12-27Temperature 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 2013-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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.

143 
WHUS42 KMLB 270811
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
311 AM EST FRI DEC 27 2013


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-280000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0020.131227T1100Z-131228T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
311 AM EST FRI DEC 27 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...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS IS GREATLY ENHANCED TODAY
  ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 8:00 AM
  AND 12:00 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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:07 AM ESTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMLB7 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.