Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Dec 27, 2015, 6:06 AM EST (11:06 UTC)

Expired

Dec 27, 2015, 7:00 PM EST

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 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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723 
WHUS42 KMLB 271106
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
606 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-271915-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0032.151227T1106Z-151228T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
606 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...HIGHEST AFTER 12 NOON.

* IMPACTS...A LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH
  ASTRONOMICAL TIDE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY.

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. 

&&

$$

679 
WHUS42 KMLB 271215
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
715 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-280000-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151228T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
715 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...HIGHEST AFTER 12 NOON.

* IMPACTS...A LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH 
  ASTRONOMICAL TIDE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
  RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. 

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 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.

&&

$$

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.