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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 5, 2017, 3:41 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 5, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2017, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 08:41 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
061 WHUS42 KMLB 050841 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 341 AM EST SUN MAR 5 2017 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-060000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0007.170305T1200Z-170306T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 341 AM EST SUN MAR 5 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY. * IMPACTS...WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH, THE SURF ZONE IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. IN ADDITION, GUSTY WINDS FROM THE EAST WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND RESULT IN DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. ONLY ENTER THE SURF NEAR LIFEGUARDS! HEAVY BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT. 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. && $$ KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:38 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 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.