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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 14, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 14, 2019, 3:03 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 14, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2019, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 14, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
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 07:07 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, 7.1 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 2019-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

096 
WHUS42 KMLB 140703
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
303 AM EDT Mon Oct 14 2019

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-142300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0039.191014T1100Z-191014T2300Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
303 AM EDT Mon Oct 14 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...While life-threatening rip currents will be present 
  all day, the threat will be highest between noon and 6 PM due to
  the tidal cycle. 

* IMPACTS...Long-period northeast swells will produce strong rip
  currents in the surf zone, posing a threat to all levels of
  swimmers. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged.

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.

&&

$$

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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.