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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 6, 2018Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 6, 2018, 3:57 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2018, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
15 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 07:59 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, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

616 
WHUS42 KMLB 060757
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
357 AM EDT Sat Oct 6 2018

...Persistent swells from distant Tropical Storm Leslie will
continue a high risk for dangerous rip currents today...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-062300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0034.181006T0757Z-181006T2300Z/
Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-
Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County-
357 AM EDT Sat Oct 6 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. 

* TIMING...Rip currents will be present all day; however, the 
  threat will be highest through early this afternoon due to tidal
  effects. 

* IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are likely today. Always
  swim near a lifeguard! 

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.

If you choose to enter the water, only swim near a lifeguard and 
never swim alone! 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.

$$

Ulrich

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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.