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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 23, 2020, 3:34 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2020, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 08:35 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
366 WHUS42 KMLB 230834 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 334 AM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-240000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0042.201223T1200Z-201224T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 334 AM EST Wed Dec 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected, with the potential for rough surf. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Entering the surf is not advised today. 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 23, 3:29 PM EST | Gale Watch | MLB | 13 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:29 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 61 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:29 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 61 hr |
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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.