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Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 28, 2009, 5:33 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:33 AM EDT (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 09:37 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS42 KMLB 280933 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 533 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-282200- /O.NEW.KMLB.CF.S.0005.090328T1200Z-090328T2200Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 533 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES... A 4 FOOT SWELL WITH AN VERY LONG PERIOD OF 14 TO 15 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE SURF ZONE TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC BEACHES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. A RIP CURRENT IS A NARROW CHANNEL OF WATER FLOWING OUTWARD FROM THE SURF ZONE WHICH CAN CARRY EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS INTO DEEP WATER. TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM ONLY AT BEACHES WHERE LIFEGUARDS ARE PRESENT. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT TRY TO REMAIN CALM AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL OUT OF THE PULL OF THE CURRENT AND THEN RETURN TO SHORE. SINCE THERE IS A NORTHWARD FLOWING LONG SHORE CURRENT TODAY...YOU WILL WANT TO SWIM TOWARD THE NORTH. $$ CRISTALDI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Mar 27, 8:27 PM EDT, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 8:27 PM EDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
827 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
DISCUSSION...
OVERNIGHT...
AFTERNOON HEATING AND FORCED ASCENT ASCD WITH APCHG GULF JET
PRODUCED ISOLD/SCT SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY IN PROCESS
OF SLOWLY WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE SPACE COAST WITH LINGERING
ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO LATE NIGHT ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE FOUR WHERE A SURFACE TROUGH/CONVERGENT BOUNDARY IS IN
PLACE FROM SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY. FORCED ASCENT REMAINS A FACTOR AS
WELL EVEN WITH LOSS OF SB INSTABILITY AND A FEW SHOWERS WL CONTINUE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT OVER LAKE/VOLUSIA. FORECAST WAS UPDATED EARLIER TO
EXPAND RAIN AREAS OVER BREVARD/OSCEOLA.
&&
.AVIATION...
ISOLD -SHRA THROUGH 04Z THEN BECMG VFR WITH HIGH CI/CS CIGS AOA
FL150 THROUGH 07Z. LCL CIGS AOB FL030FM 07Z-12Z. S/SW WINDS GUSTING
TO 25KT SAT AFT 15Z.
&&
.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDS CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE
COASTAL WATERS WITH AROUND 20 KT WINDS AND SEAS 6-9 FT OVER TEH OPEN
WATERS...AND THIS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH SAT. IMMEDIATE COAST WILL
SEE MAINLY SWELL COMPONENTS WITHIN A FEW MILES WITH VEERING WINDS
PRODUCING SOME FETCH LIMITED CONDITIONS.
&&
*** PREV DISC ***
.FIRE WEATHER...STRONGER TRANSPORT WINDS SAT WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH
DISPERSION VALUES AND A VERY FIRE SENSITIVE DAY. MIN RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 35 PERCENT BUT SOME AREAS COULD DIP BELOW
40 PERCENT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH DOWN THE
PENINSULA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH SOME WELCOME RAINS
BUT GUSTY WINDS WITH STORMS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.
DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-COASTAL
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET
OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD
COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN
INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM
VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...PENDERGRAST
LONG TERM....WEITLICHHazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 11:35 AM EDT, 17 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1135 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-280000- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET 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- 1135 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A 4 TO 5 FOOT SWELL WITH AN UNUSUALLY LONG PERIOD OF 15 TO 17 SECONDS WILL PROPAGATE INTO THE SURF ZONE TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC BEACHES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...DUE TO BRISK SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE...A SOUTH TO NORTH FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL ALSO OCCUR TODAY. CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL BEACH PATROL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... AND REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET FROM ABOUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE AND BEYOND...AND SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES BETWEEN CAPE CANAVERAL AND JUPITER INLET. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. ...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... GUSTY WINDS COUPLED WITH DRY GROUND CONDITIONS WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER ONCE AGAIN TODAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL ALSO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH SATURDAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED LIGHTNING STORMS IS FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THERE IS A LOW THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS NORTH OF THE I 4 CORRIDOR WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNRISE SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. VERY BENEFICIAL RAINS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:03 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, 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.