Alert archive / Florida / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015

Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 21, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 21, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
15 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 09:04 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, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

837 
WHUS42 KMLB 210900
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
500 AM EDT WED OCT 21 2015

...CHOPPY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-220000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0012.151021T0900Z-151022T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
500 AM EDT WED OCT 21 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR CHOPPY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE
  CHOPPY SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES UP TO 5 FEET. THERE WILL ALSO
  BE A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 800 PM THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLAGLER
  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. 

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.

SWIMMERS SHOULD CHECK WITH BEACH PATROL AND LIFEGUARDS FOR THE
LATEST SURF CONDITIONS AND DO NOT ENTER THE WATER UNLESS IT IS
ADVISABLE TO DO SO. SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND
NEVER SWIM ALONE.

&&

$$

CRISTALDI

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015

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.