Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Oct 19, 2016, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 19, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 19, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

12 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 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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363 
WHUS42 KMLB 190806
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
406 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2016

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ELEVATED WATER LEVELS LATE THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-192300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.CF.Y.0007.161019T1200Z-161019T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0045.161019T1100Z-161019T2300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
406 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH AUTUMNAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE
  WITH MODERATE 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
  3 TO 5 FEET. LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH RISK
  OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

* 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 AROUND 11 AM THIS MORNING.

* 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. ROUGH SURF AND
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF ZONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SHORE.

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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200 
WHUS42 KMLB 191927
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
327 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNSET...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-192300-
/O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0045.000000T0000Z-161019T2300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
327 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES UP TO 4 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED
  IN THE SURF ZONE DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
  A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH, CHOPPY SURF WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS IN THE
  SURF ZONE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE.

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.

&&

$$

CRISTALDI

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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.