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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 18, 2015, 8:42 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2015, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2015, 4:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 00:45 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, 0.7 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WHUS42 KMLB 190042 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 842 PM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING TO 4 AM MONDAY MORNING... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-190800- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0011.151019T0042Z-151019T0800Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 842 PM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH AND CHOPPY SURF ALONG WITH A DANGEROUS LONGSHORE CURRENT FLOWING PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. * TIMING...SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES FROM ORMOND BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...ROUGH AND CHOPPY SURF AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WILL BE PRESENT IN THE SURF ZONE...ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE A MODERATE DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE HIGH TIDES THAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM MONDAY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$ RW
1 follow-up statement
007 WHUS42 KMLB 190813 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 413 AM EDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-200800- /O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-151019T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.CF.Y.0004.151019T0813Z-151020T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0003.151019T0813Z-151020T0800Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 413 AM EDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM TUESDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SWELL WAVES WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKERS OF 5 TO 7 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN ONE FOOT AND A FOOT AND A HALF ABOVE NORMAL. EXPECT WAVE RUNUP TO THE DUNE LINE AROUND THE NEXT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN BETWEEN 1:00 AND 2:00 AM ON EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH...POUNDING SURF WILL MAKE ENTERING THE OCEAN DANGEROUS TODAY. LARGE BREAKERS COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BECOMING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. IF YOU DECIDE TO ENTER THE WATER TODAY...SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD...AND NEVER SWIM ALONG. WEAK SWIMMERS MAY NOT WANT TO ENTER THE WATER ABOVE THEIR KNEES...OR CONSIDER STAYING OUT OF THE SURF ENTIRELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES MAY COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:28 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 8 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:13 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 24 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:13 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 24 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:16 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 16 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.