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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 16, 2022, 4:05 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 16, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2022, 4:05 AM EST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2022, 5:52 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 09:05 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 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
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
303 WHUS42 KMLB 160905 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 405 AM EST Sun Jan 16 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-170900- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0004.220116T1200Z-220117T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 405 AM EST Sun Jan 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
426 WHUS42 KMLB 162252 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 552 PM EST Sun Jan 16 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-170000- /O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220117T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 552 PM EST Sun Jan 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 7:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 39 min |
| Jan 16, 7:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange, Volusia | 51 min |
| Jan 16, 8:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 8:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 16, 9:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Okeechobee, Osceola | 64 min |
| Jan 16, 10:24 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Jan 16, 10:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 65 min |
| Jan 16, 11:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 12:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 32 min |
| Jan 16, 1:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 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.