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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 12, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 12, 2015, 2:49 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 12, 2015, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2015, 2:49 AM EST (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2015, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2015, 3:00 AM EST
In force
24 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

522 
WHUS42 KMLB 120749
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
249 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-130800-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0001.150212T0800Z-150213T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0003.150212T0800Z-150213T0800Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
249 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY. A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 

* WAVES AND SURF...BUILDING SURF THROUGH THE PERIOD. BREAKERS OF 6
  TO 8 FEET WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. IN
  ADDITION TO THE ROUGH POUNDING SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL
  OCCUR. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACH TODAY SHOULD NOT ENTER THE
  SURF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.

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 AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 2:49 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia24 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.