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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:49 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 24 hr |
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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.