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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 17, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 17, 2015, 3:54 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 17, 2015, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2015, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 17, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
In force
7 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 08:55 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, 8.9 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 2015-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2015-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

411 
WHUS42 KMLB 170854
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
354 AM EST TUE NOV 17 2015

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-180000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0016.151117T1700Z-151118T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
354 AM EST TUE NOV 17 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY SUNSET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF TO 5 FEET. MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS.

* TIMING...NOON TO SUNSET. 

* LOCATION...THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC SURF ZONE FROM
  FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THE ROUGH SURF COULD KNOCK YOU DOWN AND
  MAKE YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A STRONG RIP
  CURRENT.

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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 3:44 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB48 hr

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.