Rip Current Statement issued October 9 at 12:33AM EDT until October 10 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Melbourne FL
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* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia County. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Retrieved by TradePilot
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Volusia; Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-09T00:33:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T00:33:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6dcce044050618c94f34b48014c79bc3d96b7411.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.51974b95d59412ac2b17c0b9c1d8af1e3133b91f.002.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.29fbba9f77672fdedc47a76fef8209983898a1a4.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.29fbba9f77672fdedc47a76fef8209983898a1a4.002.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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