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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 25, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 25, 2016, 3:22 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 25, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2016, 3:22 AM EDT (07:22 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 25, 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 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

582 
WHUS42 KMLB 250722
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
322 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0039.160925T0800Z-160926T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
322 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 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 STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL
  BE IN PLACE ALL DAY, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE HIGHEST THIS MORNING
  AND AGAIN THIS EVENING DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS.

* IMPACTS...A LINGERING EAST SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
  KARL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
  BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP
  CURRENT CAN BE LIFE THREATENING. THOSE THAT VENTURE INTO THE
  WATER AND SURF ZONE SHOULD NOT BE CAUGHT UNAWARE.

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.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM AND YELL FOR
HELP. 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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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.