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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 3, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 3, 2019, 3:45 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 3, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2019, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 3, 2019, 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 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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 2019-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 2019-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

173 
WHUS42 KMLB 030845
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
345 AM EST Sun Feb 3 2019

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-040000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0001.190203T1200Z-190204T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
345 AM EST Sun Feb 3 2019

...Dangerous rip currents expected in the surf zone today...

...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 threat for rip currents will be present all day,
  but will be especially high during the outgoing tide from around
  mid morning through late afternoon. 

* IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are likely today. 
  Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone!

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.

&&

$$

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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.