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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 15, 2018, 3:51 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 15, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2018, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:52 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, 7.9 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
- 340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
090 WHUS42 KMLB 150751 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 351 AM EDT Sun Jul 15 2018 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-160100- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0018.180715T0800Z-180716T0100Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 351 AM EDT Sun Jul 15 2018 ...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. Over 400 people have been rescued from Rip Currents at the Volusia County beaches since early last week. Lingering swells will keep this threat in place today. * TIMING...The threat for dangerous rip currents will be present all day, however the risk will be particularly high from about 130 PM through 730 PM, surrounding the time of low tide. * IMPACTS...Rip currents will be dangerous and life threatening. Numerous water rescues have occurred over the past several days, with similar strong rip current conditions expected today. Always swim near a lifeguard! 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. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 38 min |
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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.