Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Oct 16, 2016, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)

Expired

Oct 16, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

15 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 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS42 KMLB 160759
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
359 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...DANGEROUS SURF ZONE CONDITIONS WITH CONTINUED EROSION AND MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING RISK...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-170300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.CF.Y.0005.161016T0759Z-161017T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0042.161016T0759Z-161016T2300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
359 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH ARE IN EFFECT
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH AUTUMNAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE
  WITH MODERATE TO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE, CAUSING
  EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CONCERNS AT VULNERABLE
  LOCATIONS ALONG THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTLINE. WAVE RUNUP
  TO THE BASE OF ALREADY WEAKENED DUNES IS EXPECTED AT SOME
  BEACHES. 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 8 AND 9 AM AND 8 AND 9 PM.

* IMPACTS...MINOR 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 PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION AND BRING 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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Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016

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.