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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 30, 2016, 3:04 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 30, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2016, 3:04 AM EDT (07:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
513 WHUS42 KMLB 300704 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 304 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... FLZ047-141-147-310200- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0025.160530T1000Z-160531T0200Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 304 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 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 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OCEAN CONDITIONS AND TIDAL EFFECTS WILL PRODUCE STRONG RIP CURRENTS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SEAWARD PULL OF RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN NEAR A LIFEGUARD. 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. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 58 min | |
| May 29, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 56 min |
| May 30, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 25 min |
| May 30, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 35 min |
| May 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 55 min |
| May 30, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 37 min |
| May 30, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| May 30, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 59 min |
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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.