Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Oct 8, 2015, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 8, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 8, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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701 
WHUS42 KMLB 080753
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
353 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES
TODAY...

...MINOR FLOODING ON THE HALIFAX RIVER ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...

FLZ141-090000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0024.151008T1100Z-151009T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMLB.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151008T1200Z/
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-
353 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2015

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY.

* COASTAL FLOODING...LATE SUMMER HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RAISED THE
  WATER TABLE SUCH THAT THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY IS AT A HIGH
  STATE. PERSISTENT SWELLS THE LAST WEEK HAVE ALSO AFFECTED TIDAL
  DEPARTURES ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS AND DISCHARGE RATES THROUGH
  INLETS. WHEN WINDS ARE TRENDING TOWARD NORTHEAST...THE WATER
  PILES UP AROUND TOMOKA BAY...INCLUDING PROPERTIES NEAR THE
  TOMOKA STATE PARK AND OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY IN ORMOND BEACH. WHEN
  THE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST AND WEST...WATER HAS BEEN
  FORCING THE RIVER ONTO WEST FACING PROPERTIES FARTHER SOUTH IN
  DAYTONA BEACH...TO THE NORTH OF PONCE INLET. AT THE HIGHEST
  LEVELS... SOME DOCKS AND LOW LYING PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN
  SUBMERGED. OTHER LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE HALIFAX RIVER MAY
  ALSO BE EXPERIENCING THESE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS.

ADDITIONALLY...WATER LEVELS IN THIS AREA ARE RISING BY 1 TO 2
FEET AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE
THE FLOODING CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...HIGH TIDES AROUND DAYTONA BEACH WILL OCCUR AT 514 AM
  THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH
  THE DAY. MORE NUMEROUS AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR IN THE
  LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND THE TIME OF LOW TIDE.
  STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
  SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

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 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.

&&

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-147-090000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0024.151008T1100Z-151009T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
353 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE
  DAY TODAY. MORE NUMEROUS AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR IN
  THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND THE TIME OF LOW
  TIDE.

* IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

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. 

&&

$$

15

299 
WHUS42 KMLB 081207
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
807 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES
TODAY...

FLZ141-090000-
/O.EXP.KMLB.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151008T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-151009T0000Z/
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-
807 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2015

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

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE
  DAY TODAY. MORE NUMEROUS AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR IN
  THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND THE TIME OF LOW
  TIDE.

* IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. 

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 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.

&&

$$

FLZ047-054-059-064-147-090000-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-151009T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
807 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2015

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

* TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE 
  DAY TODAY. MORE NUMEROUS AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY OCCUR IN 
  THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND THE TIME OF LOW 
  TIDE. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. 

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.

&&

$$

CRISTALDI

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015

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.