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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 3, 2020Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 3, 2020, 3:24 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 3, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2020, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 3, 2020, 8:00 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 07:26 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, 7.4 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 2020-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

635 
WHUS42 KMLB 030724
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
324 AM EDT Sun May 3 2020

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-040000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0023.200503T1200Z-200504T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
324 AM EDT Sun May 3 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Volusia Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Entering the surf is not advised.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Be sure to check with local officials
  regarding any beach closures that might be in effect for your
  county or community.

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. If a lifeguard is not present, do not enter the water.

&&

$$

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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.