Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Oct 15, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)

Expired

Oct 15, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

16 hr

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

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WHUS42 KMLB 150802
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
402 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-160400-
/O.NEW.KMLB.CF.Y.0004.161015T0802Z-161016T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0041.161015T0802Z-161016T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
402 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT
RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH AUTUMNAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE
  WITH MODERATE TO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE AND CAUSE
  MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT VULNERABLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE EAST
  CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTLINE. WAVE RUNUP TO THE BASE OF ALREADY
  WEAKENED DUNES IS EXPECTED AT SOME BEACHES NEAR HIGH TIDE.
  ALSO...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS IN THE INTRACOASTAL
  WATERS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF NUISANCE FLOODING IN THE TYPICALLY
  PRONE LOW-LYING AREAS.

* WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE ARE EXPECTED
  AT 4 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING...THE POTENTIAL FOR WAVE RUNUP AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
  ALONG THE COAST WILL BE GREATEST A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH
  TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM AND AROUND 8 PM.

* IMPACTS...INUNDATION OF WATER MAY OCCUR IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR
  THE EAST COAST BEACHES AND ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS.
  HIGH AUTUMNAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL AGGRAVATE BEACH EROSION
  CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE. DANGEROUS BREAKERS AND
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF ZONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS, LONG
PERIOD SWELLS AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE TO
GENERATE A POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. NUISANCE FLOODING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN LOW AREAS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS.

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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LASCODY

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