Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Mar 6, 2016, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 6, 2016, 4:00 AM EST

Expired

Mar 6, 2016, 7:00 PM EST

In force

15 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 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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521 
WHUS42 KMLB 060855
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
355 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-061700-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0012.160306T0900Z-160307T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
355 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2016

...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...GREATEST RISK BETWEEN 8:30 AM AND 3:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL
  EFFECTS. 

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE
  EAST FLORIDA COAST AND GENERATE A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT TODAY.
  IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH OUT OF THE
  NORTH. THIS WILL GENERATE A LONG SHORE CURRENT THAT COULD CARRY
  SWIMMERS INTO A RIP CURRENT ZONE.

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. 

&&

$$

721 
WHUS42 KMLB 061226
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
726 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-070000-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
726 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2016

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

* TIMING...GREATEST RISK BETWEEN 8:30 AM AND 3:00 PM DUE TO 
  TIDAL EFFECTS. 

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE 
  EAST FLORIDA COAST AND GENERATE A HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT 
  TODAY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH OUT 
  OF THE NORTH. THIS WILL GENERATE A LONG SHORE CURRENT THAT 
  COULD CARRY SWIMMERS INTO A RIP CURRENT ZONE. 

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.

&&

$$

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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.