Alert archive / Florida / High Surf Advisories in 2011
High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this high surf advisory at Oct 7, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 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 19:06 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 12:00Z, 7.1 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
- 1010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
451 WHUS42 KMLB 071905 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 305 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-082000- /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0002.111007T2000Z-111009T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 305 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT SUNDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET AT ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES WILL OCCUR INTO SUNDAY. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF ALONG WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED...AS LARGE BREAKERS CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU DOWN AND SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. * TIMING...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR WITH HIGH TIDES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL OCCUR INTO THIS WEEKEND. THE HAZARD FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT ALL BEACHES. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CHANNELS IN SANDBARS CAN PRODUCE NEW RIP CURRENT DANGERS AT AREAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED SAFE FOR SWIMMING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
361 WHUS42 KMLB 081921 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 321 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100800- /O.EXT.KMLB.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111010T0800Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 321 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE SURF OF 5 TO 8 FEET AT ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES WILL OCCUR INTO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF ALONG WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED...AS LARGE BREAKERS CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU DOWN AND SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. * TIMING...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR WITH HIGH TIDES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THE HAZARD FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST AT ALL BEACHES. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CHANNELS IN SANDBARS CAN PRODUCE NEW RIP CURRENT DANGERS AT AREAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED SAFE FOR SWIMMING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
797 WHUS42 KMLB 090812 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 412 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100800- /O.CON.KMLB.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111010T0800Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 412 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... * TIMING...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN ONGOING THREAT AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR WITH HIGH TIDES. * IMPACTS...LARGE SURF OF 5 TO 8 FEET AT ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES WILL OCCUR INTO LATE TONIGHT. THE LARGE POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS. ENTERING THE WATER IS NOT ADVISED...AS LARGE BREAKERS CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU DOWN AND SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALSO OCCUR DURING THESE ROUGH CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT DANGEROUS SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 5:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Saint Lucie | 94 min |
| Oct 7, 6:33 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 13 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Saint Lucie | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Saint Lucie | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:36 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 61 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 101 min | |
| Oct 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 41 min |
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.