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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 25, 2017, 3:41 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 25, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2017, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 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 07:43 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, 7.7 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
069 WHUS42 KMLB 250741 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 341 AM EDT MON SEP 25 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING ALONG THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260200- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0033.170925T1000Z-170926T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170926T0200Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 341 AM EDT MON SEP 25 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...SEAS WITHIN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS WILL REMAIN AROUND 7 TO 8 FEET. LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL MOVE LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER ONTO THE BEACHES AND POSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY. MINOR BEACH EROSION MAY OCCUR NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 11 AM TO 2 PM ALONG THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTLINE. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY FORM, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIMES OF THE OUTGOING TIDE. POUNDING SURF CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF OF YOUR FEET IF WALKING IN THE SURF. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MLB | 42 hr |
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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.