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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 21, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 21, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2021, 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 07:38 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, 7.6 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
974 WHUS42 KMLB 210735 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 335 AM EDT Sun Mar 21 2021 FLZ141-220000- /O.CAN.KMLB.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210321T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0014.210321T1200Z-210322T0000Z/ Coastal Volusia- 335 AM EDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. Rough surf with breaking waves 4 to 6 feet will remain a hazard in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Moderately large breaking waves can knock you down and make you even more susceptible to becoming caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. Rough surf from breaking waves of 4 to 6 ft may cause minor beach erosion around the time of high tide this afternoon. 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. && $$ FLZ047-054-059-064-147-220000- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0014.210321T1200Z-210322T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Northern Brevard- 335 AM EDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. Rough surf with breaking waves 4 to 6 feet will remain a hazard in the surf zone. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Moderately large breaking waves can knock you down and make you even more susceptible to becoming caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. Rough surf from breaking waves of 4 to 6 ft may cause minor beach erosion around the time of high thide this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. && $$ Watson
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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.