Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 3, 2014, 4:01 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2014, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2014, 8:31 PM EST
- In force
- 17 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 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459 WHUS42 KMLB 030901 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 401 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...LONG PERIOD SWELLS TO IMPACT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-031715- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0018.141103T0901Z-141104T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 401 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. THESE WINDS WILL DRIVE A 5-6 F00T LONG PD SWELL INTO THE EAST FLORID COAST. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES DUE TO THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
892 WHUS42 KMLB 031249 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 749 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...LONG PERIOD SWELLS TO IMPACT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-040900- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-141104T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 749 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. THESE WINDS WILL DRIVE LONG PERIOD SWELLS OF UP TO 5 TO 6 FEET INTO THE EAST FLORIDA COAST. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG AREA BEACHES DUE TO THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
548 WHUS42 KMLB 040131 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 831 PM EST MON NOV 3 2014 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-040245- /O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-141104T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 831 PM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXPIRED THE RIP CURRENT STATEMENT. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS MODERATE SWELLS IMPACT THE SURF ZONE ALONG EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 3:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 43 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.