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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2020, 4:38 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 31, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2020, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:40 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, 8.6 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
- 588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925 WHUS42 KMLB 310838 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 438 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-010000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0030.200731T1600Z-200801T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 438 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Life threatening rip currents expected. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through this evening. * 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. && $$ Kelly
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 11:12 AM EDT | Hurricane Warning | MLB | Volusia | 42 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:19 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 71 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:22 PM EDT | Storm Surge Watch | 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.