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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 28, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2019, 4:56 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 28, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2019, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 28, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 28, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

412 
WHUS42 KMLB 280856
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
456 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

A long, 13 second period ocean swell of 2 to 3 feet at has formed 
along the east central Florida coast this morning, increasing the
risk for potentially life-threatening Rip Currents to develop in
the surf zone today.


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-290100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0013.190528T1100Z-190529T0100Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
456 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect through 900 pm.

* TIMING...While dangerous Rip Currents will be present all day,
  the threat will be highest from around 7 am until 130 pm, and 
  again from 700 pm through early evening.

* IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are likely today.
  Several rip current rescues were reported by beach authorities
  on Memorial Day.

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.