Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 1, 2015, 4:55 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2015, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 9:00 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 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WHUS42 KMLB 010855 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 455 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-011700- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0015.150601T0855Z-150602T0100Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 455 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL BE HIGH TODAY...PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 10:30 AM AND 5:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. LOW TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1:30 PM AND 2:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
1 follow-up statement
169 WHUS42 KMLB 011343 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 943 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-020100- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150602T0100Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 943 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL BE HIGH TODAY...PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 10:30 AM AND 5:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. LOW TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1:30 PM AND 2:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola | 37 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.