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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 26, 2022Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 903 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB61 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.