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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2022, 9:13 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2022, 9:13 AM EST (14:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2022, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 57 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 14:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 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
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
320 WHUS42 KMLB 051413 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 913 AM EST Sat Feb 5 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-060800- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0007.220205T1413Z-220206T0800Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 913 AM EST Sat Feb 5 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Numerous dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * 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. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
683 WHUS42 KMLB 060750 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 250 AM EST Sun Feb 6 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-070900- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220207T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 250 AM EST Sun Feb 6 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Numerous dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...All Central Florida Atlantic beaches from Volusia County to Martin County. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. && $$
404 WHUS42 KMLB 070850 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 350 AM EST Mon Feb 7 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-071000- /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220207T0900Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- 350 AM EST Mon Feb 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ FLZ141-147-072300- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220207T2300Z/ Coastal Volusia-Northern Brevard- 350 AM EST Mon Feb 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through late afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. && $$
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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.