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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 2, 2026, 2:21 AM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2026, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- 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 06:23 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 732 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
588 WHUS42 KMLB 020621 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 221 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026 FLZ141-347-447-030800- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0030.260902T0621Z-260903T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 221 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The Volusia and Northern Brevard Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A Moderate risk of rip currents continues at the Treasure Coast and Southern Brevard beaches. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
735 WHUS42 KMLB 020703 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 303 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026 FLZ141-347-447-030800- /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-260903T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 303 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The Volusia and Northern Brevard Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A Moderate risk of rip currents continues at the Treasure Coast and Southern Brevard beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.