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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 7, 2022, 2:38 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 7, 2022, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2022, 2:38 AM EST (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2022, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2022, 3:02 AM EST
- In force
- 24 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 07:40 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
382 WHUS42 KMLB 070738 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 238 AM EST Mon Mar 7 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-080900- /O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-220307T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0012.220307T0800Z-220308T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 238 AM EST Mon Mar 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...All east central Florida beaches. * 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. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
354 WHUS42 KMLB 080802 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 302 AM EST Tue Mar 8 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-090900- /O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220308T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0009.220308T0802Z-220309T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 302 AM EST Tue Mar 8 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Moderately breezy southerly winds will produce rough surf and a strong northward flowing longshore current. There will also be a moderate risk of life threatening rip currents. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and breaking waves can knock you off your feet and make you even more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. Entering the surf today is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 6 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.