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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2017, 4:44 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 17, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2017, 4:44 AM EDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted.
890 WHUS42 KMLB 170844 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 444 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...BUILDING SWELLS FROM HURRICANE JOSE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEKEND... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-180200- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0027.170917T1100Z-170918T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170918T0200Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 444 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...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. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES BUILDING TO 6 TO 7 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH SURF WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR SWIMMERS TODAY. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION MAY OCCUR NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE SWIMMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY FORM, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDES. ROUGH POUNDING SURF COULD EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND MAKE YOU EVEN MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT. THE HIGH SURF WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL EROSION AND POSSIBLE BREACHES OF BEACHES AND THE DUNES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE IRMA, DURING THOSE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. BEACHGOERS MAY NOT WANT TO ENTER THE WATER ABOVE THEIR KNEES, OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER ALTOGETHER. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ VOLKMER
2 follow-up statements
205 WHUS42 KMLB 171830 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 230 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...BUILDING SWELLS FROM HURRICANE JOSE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-181400- /O.EXT.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170918T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-170918T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 230 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR SWIMMERS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION MAY OCCUR NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND AGAIN BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE SWIMMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY FORM, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDES. ROUGH POUNDING SURF COULD EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND MAKE YOU EVEN MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT. THE HIGH SURF WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL EROSION AND POSSIBLE BREACHES OF BEACHES AND THE DUNES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE IRMA, DURING THOSE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. BEACHGOERS MAY NOT WANT TO ENTER THE WATER ABOVE THEIR KNEES, OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER ALTOGETHER. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ SEDLOCK
031 WHUS42 KMLB 172358 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 758 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...BUILDING SWELLS FROM HURRICANE JOSE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-181400- /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-170918T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170918T1400Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 758 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR SWIMMERS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION MAY OCCUR NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE SWIMMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY FORM, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDES. ROUGH POUNDING SURF COULD EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND MAKE YOU EVEN MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT. THE HIGH SURF WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL EROSION AND POSSIBLE BREACHES OF BEACHES AND THE DUNES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE IRMA, DURING THOSE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. BEACHGOERS MAY NOT WANT TO ENTER THE WATER ABOVE THEIR KNEES, OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER ALTOGETHER. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AGAIN ON MONDAY. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$
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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.