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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 21, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 21, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 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 11:00 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, 11.0 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-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: 947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

934 
WHUS42 KMLB 211100
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
700 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2019

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-220000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0010.190321T1100Z-190322T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0003.190321T1100Z-190322T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
700 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for a high risk or rip currents and rough surf,
which is in effect through this evening. A High Rip Current Risk 
has also been issued. This High Rip Current Risk is in effect 
through this evening. 

* HAZARDS...Long period northeast swells will bring a high risk of
  rip currents and rough surf.

* TIMING...7 am to 8 pm.

* LOCATION...All east central Florida beaches.

* IMPACTS...Rough surf can knock you down and make you 
  susceptible to being caught in a rip current.

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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 7:00 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MLB	Volusia	13 hr
Mar 21, 3:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		16 hr
Mar 21, 3:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MLB		24 hr

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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.