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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2016, 11:22 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2016, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 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
- 1010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
170 WHUS42 KMLB 241522 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1122 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-250000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0027.160724T1522Z-160725T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 1122 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST SEAWARD PULL EXPECTED ABOUT 3 TO 8 PM. * IMPACTS...THOUGH BEACH CONDITIONS WILL LOOK RATHER TRANQUIL, AN EAST SWELL WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SEAWARD FLOWING RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WAS ISSUED SINCE VOLUSIA COUNTY REPORTED AROUND 40 RIP CURRENT-RELATED RESCUES ON SATURDAY AND THERE WAS A DROWNING AT PEPPER PARK IN ST LUCIE COUNTY AROUND 6 PM SATURDAY. 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. && $$ RL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Polk | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 42 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.