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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 29, 2018, 4:15 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 29, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2018, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- 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 08:14 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, 8.3 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
- 1781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
088 WHUS42 KMLB 290815 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 29 2018 ...High Risk of Rip Currents at East Central Florida Beaches Today... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-300000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0030.180929T1200Z-180930T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * TIMING...Strong rip currents will be possible all day but will be maximized near the time of low tide in the late afternoon and early evening. * IMPACTS...Long period swells from Subtropical Storm Leslie will reach the east central Florida beaches this afternoon and continue into early next week. The long period swells will contribute to a high risk of rip currents with strong and dangerous rip currents likely at east central Florida beaches. Rip currents can be life-threatening. 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. && $$ Volkmer
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 3:00 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MLB | 6 days |
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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.