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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2014, 5:17 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2014, 5:17 AM EDT (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 1965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
494 WHUS42 KMLB 260917 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 517 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-261730- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0009.140526T0917Z-140527T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 517 AM EDT MON MAY 26 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 THREAT WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 4:30 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * 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. 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. BEACH GOERS SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF THE OCEAN RESCUE PERSONNEL AND PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 50 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 46 min |
| May 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 44 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.