Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Dec 9, 2014, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 9, 2014, 5:00 AM EST

Expired

Dec 9, 2014, 6:00 PM EST

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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893 
WHUS42 KMLB 090913
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
413 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-092300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0001.141209T1000Z-141210T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0023.141209T1000Z-141209T2300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
413 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

* WAVES AND SURF...LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE BREAKING
  WAVES OF 6 TO 8 FEET AND POUNDING SURF. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING BETWEEN 8 AND 11 AM AROUND THE TIME OF
  HIGH TIDE AND POSSIBLY AGAIN THIS EVENING BETWEEN 8 AND 11 PM.

* IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE
  DURING THE NEXT HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN
  THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUGH POUNDING SURF...STRONG
  RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACH TODAY SHOULD
  NOT ENTER THE SURF. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

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.

&&

$$

KELLY

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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.