Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Aug 31, 2016, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 31, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT

Expired

Aug 31, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

16 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 07:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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930 
WHUS42 KMLB 310750
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
350 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-010000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0031.160831T0800Z-160901T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
350 AM EDT WED AUG 31 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 DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE IN PLACE
  ALL DAY, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM DUE
  TO TIDAL EFFECTS.

* IMPACTS...A 12 TO 13 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 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.