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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 18, 2014Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 18, 2014, 4:12 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2014, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2014, 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 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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-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: 2457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

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

386 
WHUS42 KMLB 180812
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
412 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2014

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-181615-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0014.140918T0812Z-140919T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
412 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2014

...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 RISK WILL BE GREATEST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON DUE
  TO TIDAL EFFECTS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SWELLS FROM EDOUARD SLOWLY
  SUBSIDE.

* IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT THREAT IS HIGH...THE SURF IS
  DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. THE POWERFUL SEAWARD PULL
  OF A RIP CURRENT CAN CARRY EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER OUT BEYOND
  THE SAND BAR. SWIMMERS ARE URGED NOT TO VENTURE INTO THE SURF
  BEYOND KNEE DEPTH. 

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.

&&

$$


BRAGAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	42 min
Sep 18, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	38 min

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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.