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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 4, 2024, 2:35 AM EDT for Brevard County, Indian River County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2024, 2:35 AM EDT (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 1785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
625 WHUS42 KMLB 040635 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 235 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 FLZ141-347-447-050800- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0020.240704T0635Z-240705T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 235 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Mainland Northern Brevard and Northern 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. Entering the water is strongly discouraged. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
241 WHUS42 KMLB 050632 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 232 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 FLZ141-347-447-060800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-240706T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 232 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Mainland Northern Brevard and Northern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the water is strongly discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
286 WHUS42 KMLB 060604 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 204 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 FLZ154-647-747-070800- /O.EXB.KMLB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-240707T0800Z/ Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 204 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Indian River, 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. Entering the water is strongly discouraged. 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. && $$ FLZ141-347-447-070800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-240707T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 204 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Mainland Northern Brevard and Northern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the water is strongly discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
388 WHUS42 KMLB 070640 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 240 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 FLZ141-154-347-447-647-747-080800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-240708T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 240 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, 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. Entering the water is strongly discouraged. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:51 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 83 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.