Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 16, 2024, 2:36 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2024, 2:36 AM EST (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2024, 3:04 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 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
805 WHUS42 KMLB 160736 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 236 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2024 FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-170900- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0001.240116T0736Z-240117T0900Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 236 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie, Coastal Martin, Mainland Northern Brevard, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands, Mainland Southern Brevard and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
015 WHUS42 KMLB 170804 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 304 AM EST Wed Jan 17 2024 FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-180000- /O.CAN.KMLB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240117T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0003.240117T0804Z-240118T0000Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 304 AM EST Wed Jan 17 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...A strong southward flowing longshore current, with a Moderate risk of dangerous rip currents, exists in the surf zone today. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie, Coastal Martin, and Coastal Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Breezy northerly winds will produce a strong southward flowing longshore current today, which can push swimmers into deeper water unexpectedly and make them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 12:35 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 40 hr | |
| Jan 16, 11:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 36 min |
| Jan 16, 1:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 1:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 2:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 35 min | |
| Jan 16, 3:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 3:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 18 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 min | |
| Jan 16, 3:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 24 min |
| Jan 16, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 3:48 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.