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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 29, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 29, 2016, 4:14 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2016, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2016, 8:00 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 08:16 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, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

732 
WHUS42 KMLB 290814
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
414 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-300000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0029.160829T0814Z-160830T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
414 AM EDT MON AUG 29 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...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE IN PLACE ALL DAY,
  HOWEVER, IT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 930 AM AND 330 PM DUE TO
  TIDAL EFFECTS.

* IMPACTS...A 15 TO 16 SECOND LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELL,
  GENERATED BY DISTANT MAJOR HURRICANE GASTON IN THE CENTRAL
  ATLANTIC, WILL CONTINUE TO PILE UP WATER BEHIND THE SAND BAR
  TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN THE
  SURF ZONE. THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT CAN BE LIFE
  THREATENING. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN NEAR A LIFEGUARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM.
DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE
SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE
FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP
CURRENT.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	49 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.