Alert archive / Florida / High Surf Advisories in 2006
High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this high surf advisory at Nov 6, 2006, 3:00 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 6, 2006, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2006, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2006, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2006, 3:01 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS42 KMLB 060800 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 300 AM EST MON NOV 6 2006 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-062045- /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.061106T0900Z-061106T2100Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 300 AM EST MON NOV 6 2006 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A LONG FETCH OF NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL BRING HIGH SURF TOWARD THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH AND DANGEROUS SURF WITH BREAKERS UP TO 5 TO 7 FEET AFFECTING THE COASTLINE. THE HIGH SURF...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS... WILL PROMOTE BEACH EROSION DURING EACH HIGH TIDE CYCLE TODAY. THERE WERE REPORTS OF MINOR TO MODERATE EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES WITH THE HIGH TIDE ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE ALONG THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 730 AM AND 830 AM MONDAY MORNING. ROUGH SURF CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES TODAY SHOULD NOT ENTER THE HIGH SURF. $$ MRV
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS42 KMLB 062001 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 301 PM EST MON NOV 6 2006 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-071000- /O.CAN.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061106T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.CF.S.0001.061106T2001Z-061107T1000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 301 PM EST MON NOV 6 2006 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. ...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BUT MINOR BEACH EROSION REMAINS POSSIBLE... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT ALLOWING A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS. ALTHOUGH THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL STILL AFFECT THE COASTLINE. THE HIGH SURF...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS...WILL PROMOTE BEACH EROSION DURING EACH HIGH TIDE CYCLE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR TO MODERATE EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES WITH RECENT HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THERE WILL ALSO REMAIN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... DAYTONA BEACH...826 PM AND 855AM. CAPE CANAVERAL...751 PM AND 834 AM. SEBASTIAN INLET...809 PM AND 852 AM. $$ TES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Nov 6, 3:00 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...TEMPS POPS ADDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 300 AM EST MON NOV 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... TODAY...SFC HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE MID ATLC TO OFF THE NE U.S. WILL GRADUALLY PULL OFFSHORE BY EVENING. WINDY/BREEZY ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THOUGH NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS RECENT DAYS AS GRADIENT RELAXES JUST A BIT AS LOW LVL FLOW BEGINS TO VEER THIS AFTN AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE LWR MS VALLEY. 250 MB TROUGH DROPPING SSE TWD THE LWR MS VALLEY WILL SHARPEN ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE IN CIRRUS WITH DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE SE STATES. SOME LATE AFTN WAA IN THE 850-700 LYR SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME ALTOCU DEVELOPMENT AS WELL...SO WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER AND GO WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS TODAY. PRECIP CHANCES WILL AGAIN REMAIN LOW WITH ISOLATED ATLC SHOWERS MOVING ONSHORE IN LOW LVL EASTERLY FLOW. BASED ON RECENT BUOY OBS AND OFFSHORE SEA HTS WILL HOIST HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH THE AFTN WITH ANOTHER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING. WILL SEE CONTINUED THREAT FOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR DUNE EROSION IN SPOTS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. WITH ONSHORE FLOW HIGHS WILL BE CLOSE TO YDAYS READINGS...AROUND 80 DEGS. TONIGHT...TROUGH ACROSS THE LWR MS VALLEY PROGD TO STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT WITH SYSTEM CLOSING OFF AT H5. LOW LVL FLOW WILL VEER TO THE SE AND STRENGTHEN AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING SYSTEM BUT LOOKS LIKE BEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS N FL THROUGH THE NIGHT AHEAD OF DEVELOPING 80-90 KT UPR LVL JET. WILL KEEP LOW POPS MAINLY ACROSS CSTL SECTIONS WITH POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW ATLC SHOWERS TO BRUSH THE COAST. LOWS WILL BE MILD IN THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S UNDER M CLDY SKIES. TUE...POTENT SHORTWAVE DIGGING SWD FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY CONTINUES TREND OF CUTTING OFF FROM NORTHERN STREAM JUST NORTH OF THE STATE. GLOBAL SOLNS NOW CENTERING ON A SOMEWHAT SLOWER EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM UPSTREAM FROM REGION TUE. SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RETURN IN VEERING FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCT SHOWERS WITH ISOLD THUNDER POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT LIFT APPEARS LACKING AND WL KEEP POPS LOWER THAN GUID NOS ARE SUGGESTING. OTHERWISE A WARM AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. TUE NIGHT/WED...STRONG BAROCLINIC TREND TIMED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT FALLS COUPLED WITH APCHG AXIS OF 100KT JET OVER THE EASTERN GULF. UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND FIELDS SUGGEST LINEAR CONVECTION WOULD BE LIKELY WITH ANY SHOWER/THUNDER BAND MOVING ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY WED. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS UPWARD INTO LIKELY CATEGORY TUE NIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS SCENARIO. THE UPR LOW WILL LAG BEHIND THE CONVECTIVE EVENT BY AT LEAST 12 HOURS SO SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH UNTIL DRY SLOT WRAPS EWD INTO THE AREA LATER WED. PROXIMITY OF SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL KEEP BREEZY CONDITIONS IN PLACE TIL THE EVENING. THU-SUN...LOW PRESS SLOW TO DEPART THE AREA AND GFS SHOWS SFC LOW OVER THE CAROLINAS THU MORNING DIPPING A LITTLE SWD IN RESPONSE TO RE-CENTERING UNDERNEATH THE EWD MOVING AND MATURING UPR LOW. WEST TO NW FLOW LOCALLY WILL RETAIN A DRY AND CONTINENTAL SOURCE TO END THE WORKWEEK WITH PLEASANT CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM SLOWLY DEPARTING LOW MAY INCREASE CLOUDS AND PROVIDE A SECONDARY COOL SURGE AROUND SAT...BUT NO MENTIONABLE RAIN CHC IS INDICATED DUE TO OVERALL LAYER DRYNESS. && .MARINE...SEAS STILL AROUND 9 FT AT BUOY 41009 AND WILL BE CONTINUING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY INTO THE TONIGHT PERIOD WITH ONSHORE WINDS DROPPING OFF TO 15-20 KNOTS LATER TONIGHT. SEAS WILL CONTINUE DIMINISHING TREND THROUGH TUE. DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE FLOW TUE NIGHT WILL GREATLY REDUCE SEAS INTO WED. WINDS PICK UP LATER WED AND SEAS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE WELL OFFSHORE. OFFSHORE FETCH WILL KEEP SOMEWHAT SEAS WITHIN 20 NM FROM THE COAST THROUGH FRI. && .AVIATION...EAST/SE FLOW WILL ALLOW ISOLATED SHRA TO MOVE ONSHORE AFFECTING MAINLY COASTAL ARPTS FROM KDAB-KSUA. WILL SEE LCL CIGS AROUND AROUND 040 THIS MORNING AND SHOULD SEE HIGHER BASED CIGS DEVELOP BTWN 060-080 THIS AFTN AS FLOW VEERS IN THE 850-700 MB LYR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 79 68 82 69 / 20 20 30 60 MCO 80 66 83 68 / 10 10 30 60 MLB 79 72 82 69 / 20 20 30 60 VRB 80 73 85 70 / 20 20 30 60 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLAGLER BEACH-JUPITER INLET 0-60 NM THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY COASTAL ZONES THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. && SHORT TERM...VOLKMER LONG TERM....PENDERGRAST
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 9:07 PM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 907 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 061100- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 907 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... THE ROUGH SURF CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD NOT ENTER THE SURF. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEAS TO 10 FEET. HIGH SEAS AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS VENTURING OUT OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY WITH SEAS REMAINING HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE INTO MID WEEK BUT THE RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. A FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA ON TUESDAY WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. WIMMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 3:01 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MLB | Volusia | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.