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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 2, 2014Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2014, 3:56 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 2, 2014, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 2, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 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.

049 
WHUS42 KMLB 020756
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
356 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-030000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0006.140502T1200Z-140503T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
356 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK FOR TODAY. 

* TIMING...THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE IN
  THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AND AROUND THE TIME OF LOW TIDE
  BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE POWERFUL SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT CAN CARRY
  EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER OUT BEYOND THE SAND BAR. BEACHGOERS
  AND ESPECIALLY WEAK SWIMMERS SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH
  PATROL. SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. NEVER SWIM ALONE.

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.

&&

$$

KELLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	67 min
May 2, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin	91 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.