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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 18, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 18, 2015, 3:52 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2015, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2015, 10:00 PM EST
In force
18 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 08:53 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 2015-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2015-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 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.

333 
WHUS42 KMLB 180852
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
352 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-190300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0017.151118T0852Z-151119T0300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
352 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* HAZARDS...BREAKING WAVES TO AROUND 5 IN THE SURF ZONE. A
  CONTINUED MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

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

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HEAVY BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND
  MAKE YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF STRONG RIP
  CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED
WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. ONLY SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.

&&

$$

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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.