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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 25, 2020, 2:56 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 25, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2020, 2:56 AM EST (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 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 07:56 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, 7.9 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
169 WHUS42 KMLB 250756 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 256 AM EST Sat Jan 25 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260200- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0007.200125T1200Z-200126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0009.200125T1200Z-200126T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 256 AM EST Sat Jan 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, rough surf and breaking waves up to 5 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. The rough surf can knock you down and make you more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. Entering the water is strongly discouraged.. 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. Beachgoers are strongly discouraged from entering the surf today. && $$
1 follow-up statement
519 WHUS42 KMLB 260021 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 721 PM EST Sat Jan 25 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260130- /O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-200126T0200Z/ /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200126T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 721 PM EST Sat Jan 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Incoming long period swells will produce at least a Moderate Risk of rip currents on Sunday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:56 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 16 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.