Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 5, 2022, 2:42 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2022, 2:42 AM EST (07:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2022, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 25 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 07:44 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
891 WHUS42 KMLB 050742 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 242 AM EST Wed Jan 5 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-060900- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0001.220105T0742Z-220106T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 242 AM EST Wed Jan 5 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Atlantic Beaches in Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie, and Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
179 WHUS42 KMLB 060747 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 247 AM EST Thu Jan 6 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-060900- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-220106T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 247 AM EST Thu Jan 6 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Atlantic Beaches in Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie, and Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While rip currents will be present all day, the highest threat will be from 2 PM to 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:02 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 15 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.