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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 26, 2017Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 26, 2017, 3:49 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 26, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2017, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
14 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 07:49 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, 7.8 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 2017-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2017-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

384 
WHUS42 KMLB 260749
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
349 AM EDT SUN MAR 26 2017

...CONTINUED HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG ATLANTIC BEACHES...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0013.170326T1000Z-170327T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
349 AM EDT SUN MAR 26 2017

...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 GREATEST RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL TAKE PLACE
  BETWEEN 11:00 AM AND 3:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS; HOWEVER, RIP
  CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE
  BEACHES TODAY, MAKING ENTERING THE WATER DANGEROUS FOR ALL
  SWIMMERS.

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 CHOOSE TO ENTER THE SURF, ONLY DO SO NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND
NEVER SWIM ALONE! 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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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.