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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 30, 2015, 4:52 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 30, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2015, 4:52 AM EDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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
- 811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
494 WHUS42 KMLB 300852 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 452 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY EVENING... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-010000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0019.150930T1200Z-151001T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 452 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH TODAY DUE TO A PERSISTENT NORTHEASTERLY SWELL. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN ABOUT 1:00 PM AND SUNSET DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. 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 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. && $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 10:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MLB | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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.