Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Jan 27, 2016, 5:45 AM EST (10:45 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 27, 2016, 9:00 AM EST

Expired

Jan 27, 2016, 12:16 PM EST

In force

3 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 10:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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592 
WHUS42 KMLB 271045
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
545 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-280000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0003.160127T1400Z-160128T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0008.160127T1400Z-160128T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
545 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH FLOWING LONGSHORE
CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG NORTH FLOWING LONGSHORE
  CURRENTS.

* TIMING...9 AM TO 7 PM.

* LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...CARRY YOU AWAY FROM WHERE YOU ENTERED THE
  SURF.

* IMPACTS...A LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH 
  ASTRONOMICAL TIDE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
  RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND OTHER HAZARDS
CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION
SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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 GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.

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

&&

$$

806 
WHUS42 KMLB 271716
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1216 PM EST WED JAN 27 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-271830-
/O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
1216 PM EST WED JAN 27 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. LIFEGUARDS DID NOT
REPORT THAT RIP CURRENTS WERE POSING A HIGH RISK THIS MORNING.

$$

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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.