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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 9, 2021, 3:40 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 9, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2021, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 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 07:43 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, 7.7 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
- 235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
225 WHUS42 KMLB 090740 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 340 AM EDT Sat Oct 9 2021 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-110600- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0027.211009T1000Z-211011T0600Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 340 AM EDT Sat Oct 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
030 WHUS42 KMLB 100738 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 338 AM EDT Sun Oct 10 2021 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-110600- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-211011T0600Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 338 AM EDT Sun Oct 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 114 min |
| Oct 9, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 54 min | |
| Oct 9, 4:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 85 min |
| Oct 9, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 26 min |
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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.