Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 10, 2020, 4:09 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 10, 2020, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2020, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2020, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
764 WHUS42 KMLB 100909 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 409 AM EST Fri Jan 10 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-110000- /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0001.200110T0909Z-200111T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0001.200110T1000Z-200111T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 409 AM EST Fri Jan 10 2020 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 7 feet, mainly around the times of high tide. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 10 AM Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this 7 PM evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The next high tide cycles along the east central Florida coast will occur between 700 and 730 AM this morning, 730 and 800 PM this evening, and between 800 and 830 AM Saturday morning. While rip currents will be present all day, the threat will be highest between 1030 AM and 430 PM due to tidal effects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High surf will affect the beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. Swimmers should remain out of the water due to large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
692 WHUS42 KMLB 110008 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 708 PM EST Fri Jan 10 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-111500- /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200111T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-200111T1500Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 708 PM EST Fri Jan 10 2020 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 6 to 7 feet, mainly around high tide. * WHERE...Martin, Coastal Volusia, Northern Brevard, Southern Brevard, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The next high tide cycles along the east central Florida coast will occur between 730 and 800 PM this evening, and between 800 and 830 AM Saturday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High surf will affect the beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. Swimmers should remain out of the water due to large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions. && $$ Rodriguez
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 3:48 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:09 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 42 hr |
Nearby
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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.