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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 24, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 24, 2019, 2:09 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 24, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2019, 2:09 AM EDT (06:09 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 24, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
13 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 06:10 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, 6.2 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 2019-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2019-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

998 
WHUS42 KMLB 240609
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
209 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-250000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0028.190924T1100Z-190925T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
209 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 AM EDT this morning
through this evening. 

* TIMING...The Rip Current Hazards will be in effect all day.
  
* IMPACTS...Ocean conditions will produce strong rip currents in
  the surf zone, posing a threat to all swimmers. Entering the 
  surf above the knees is not advised. 

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.

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.

&&

$$

JP

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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.