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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 26, 2022, 2:25 AM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 26, 2022, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2022, 2:25 AM EDT (06:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2022, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
688 WHUS42 KMLB 260625 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 225 AM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022 FLZ141-347-447-647-747-270100- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0016.220626T1100Z-220627T0100Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 225 AM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR VOLUSIA AND BREVARD BEACHES... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Mainland Northern Brevard, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands, Mainland Southern Brevard and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * 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. && $$ JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 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.