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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2022, 2:02 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 8, 2022, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2022, 2:02 AM EST (07:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2022, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2022, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 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 07:01 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, 7.0 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
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
521 WHUS42 KMLB 080702 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 202 AM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-090900- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0002.220108T1100Z-220109T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 202 AM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Numerous strong, potentially life threatening rip currents and rough surf conditions expected.. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged due to the dangerous surf and rip current conditions. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
445 WHUS42 KMLB 090300 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1000 PM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-090400- /O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-220109T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 1000 PM EST Sat Jan 8 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 31 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.