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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 14, 2026, 10:42 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2026, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
242 WHUS42 KMLB 141442 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1042 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-150600- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0012.260314T1442Z-260315T0600Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 1042 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Indian River, Saint Lucie, Martin, and Brevard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 23 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.