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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 21, 2024, 4:07 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2024, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 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 08:11 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, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
550 WHUS42 KMLB 210807 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 407 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 FLZ141-211500- /O.EXP.KMLB.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240621T0800Z/ /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240621T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0006.240621T0807Z-240621T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0019.240621T0807Z-240622T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia- 407 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia County. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 10 AM EDT this morning. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High surf will affect the beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. Swimmers should remain out of the water due to large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$ FLZ154-159-164-347-447-647-747-211500- /O.EXP.KMLB.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240621T0800Z/ /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-240621T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0019.240621T0807Z-240622T0800Z/ Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin- Mainland Northern Brevard-Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- Mainland Southern Brevard-Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 407 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie and Martin counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
150 WHUS42 KMLB 220716 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 316 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-230800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-240623T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 316 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. 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. Entering the surf is not advised. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 7 hr | |
| Jun 21, 4:07 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 6 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.