Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 1, 2015, 5:29 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 1, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2015, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 09:31 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, 9.5 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
- 1184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074 WHUS42 KMLB 010929 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 529 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH LATE EVENING... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-020300- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0020.151001T1400Z-151002T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 529 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 MID AFTERNOON TO LATE EVENING 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. && $$ WIMMER
2 follow-up statements
110 WHUS42 KMLB 010932 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 532 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH LATE EVENING... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-020300- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0020.151001T1400Z-151002T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 532 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH TODAY DUE TO A PERSISTENT NORTHEASTERLY SWELL. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN MID AFTERNOON TO LATE EVENING DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
449 WHUS42 KMLB 011439 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1039 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH LATE EVENING... ...ROUGH SURF AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-021100- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0009.151001T1439Z-151002T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151002T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 1039 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF...BEACH EROSION AND RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY CREATING ROUGH SURF AT THE THE BEACHES. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS WEEKEND. * TIMING...BEACH HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AND ALSO INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH HIGH SURF DEVELOPING BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS HURRICANE JOAQUIN PASSES OFFSHORE. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. BUILDING SWELLS WILL CAUSE ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH LATE WEEK. WAVE RUN UP TO THE DUNES IS EXPECTED WITH HIGH TIDES INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. REPEATED CYCLES OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES MAY CAUSE EROSION OF DUNES AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN TYPICALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS NEAR THE SHORE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 10:39 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 39 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 4 days |
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.