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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2025, 10:30 AM EDT for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2025, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted.
970 WHUS42 KMLB 171430 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1030 AM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 FLZ159-164-172230- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0021.250917T1430Z-250918T0800Z/ Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin- 1030 AM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Saint Lucie and Coastal 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 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
486 WHUS42 KMLB 172135 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 535 PM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 FLZ159-164-180800- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250918T0800Z/ Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin- 535 PM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Saint Lucie and Coastal Martin Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
045 WHUS42 KMLB 180538 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 138 AM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025 FLZ159-164-190800- /O.EXT.KMLB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250919T0800Z/ Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin- 138 AM EDT Thu Sep 18 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Saint Lucie and Coastal 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Osceola | 96 min |
| Sep 17, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Osceola | 92 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.