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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 15, 20225 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2022, 5:15 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2022, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

082 
WHUS42 KMLB 150915
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
515 AM EDT Thu Sep 15 2022

FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-160800-
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0019.220915T0915Z-220916T0800Z/
Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie-
Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard-
Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard-
Southern Brevard Barrier Islands-
515 AM EDT Thu Sep 15 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...


* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...The beaches of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, Saint 
  Lucie and Martin counties. 

* WHEN...Through late Wednesday night.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is a high risk of rip currents.

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
Sep 14, 9:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard	2 hr
Sep 14, 9:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Seminole, Volusia	95 min
Sep 15, 1:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	94 min
Sep 15, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	28 min
Sep 15, 4:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola	86 min
Sep 15, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	89 min
Sep 15, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	38 min
Sep 15, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange	118 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.