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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 23, 2020Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at May 23, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
In effect from
May 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 23, 2020, 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 07:48 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, 7.8 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 2020-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

783 
WHUS42 KMLB 230745
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
345 AM EDT Sat May 23 2020

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-240000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0026.200523T1100Z-200524T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
345 AM EDT Sat May 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...High Risk of life threatening rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 7 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions will exist in the surf
  zone again today. Long period Northeast swells will continue to
  bring a High Risk of strong rip currents to the beaches of east
  central Florida. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers 
  away from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Entering the surf is not recommended.

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.

Think twice before entering the surf today. If you choose to do 
so, 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.

&&

$$

Kelly

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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.