Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 14, 2019, 4:56 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2019, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2019, 6:00 PM EST
- 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 09:59 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, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
652 WHUS42 KMLB 140956 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 456 AM EST Sat Dec 14 2019 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-142300- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0048.191214T0956Z-191214T2300Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 456 AM EST Sat Dec 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Numerous strong and dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Rip Currents will be present through late afternoon, with the greatest risk occurring between 12 noon and 6 PM. * IMPACTS...Rip Currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 50 min |
| Dec 14, 5:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 48 min |
| Dec 14, 5:19 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 86 min | |
| Dec 14, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 53 min |
| Dec 14, 6:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 59 min |
| Dec 14, 6:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 89 min | |
| Dec 14, 7:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 58 min |
| Dec 14, 7:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 52 min |
| Dec 14, 8:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| Dec 14, 8:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 61 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.