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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 21, 20225 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 21, 2022, 4:08 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2022, 4:08 AM EST (09:08 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2022, 4:00 AM EST
In force
24 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 09:07 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, 9.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

325 
WHUS42 KMLB 210908
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
408 AM EST Wed Dec 21 2022

FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-220900-
/O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-221221T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0033.221221T0908Z-221222T0900Z/
Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie-
Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard-
Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard-
Southern Brevard Barrier Islands-
408 AM EST Wed Dec 21 2022

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

* WHAT...Life threatening rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late Tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water. Entering the water today is
  strongly discouraged!


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.


&&

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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.