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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2025, 12:08 AM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2025, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
344 WHUS42 KMLB 010408 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1208 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025 FLZ141-020800- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0018.250901T0408Z-250902T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia- 1208 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Beaches of Volusia. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. 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 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
743 WHUS42 KMLB 010643 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 243 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025 FLZ347-447-020800- /O.EXA.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250902T0800Z/ Mainland Northern Brevard-Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 243 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Mainland Northern Brevard and Northern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ141-020800- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250902T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia- 243 AM EDT Mon Sep 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia 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. Entering the surf 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. && $$
656 WHUS42 KMLB 020603 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 203 AM EDT Tue Sep 2 2025 FLZ141-347-447-030800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250903T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 203 AM EDT Tue Sep 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Mainland Northern Brevard and Northern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
811 WHUS42 KMLB 030542 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 142 AM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 FLZ141-347-447-040800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-250904T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 142 AM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * 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 surf 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Sep 1, 12:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 34 hr | |
| Sep 1, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 72 days |
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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.