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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 2, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 2, 2015, 4:34 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2015, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 2, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
11 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 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 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.

354 
WHUS42 KMLB 020834
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
434 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2015

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-022300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0002.150502T1200Z-150502T2300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
434 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LONGSHORE CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...A SOUTHWARD FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL OCCUR AT
  AREA BEACHES. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO OCCUR
  ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES.

* TIMING...GREATEST LONGSHORE CURRENT THIS MORNING THEN WINDS EASE
  BUT THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXTEND THROUGH AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LONGSHORE CURRENTS COMMONLY OCCUR WHEN WAVES APPROACH THE
SHORELINE AT AN ANGLE. THEY CAN PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS NEAR A JETTY
OR PIER AND KNOCK YOU OFF A SANDBAR INTO DEEPER WATER. THE BEST
SAFETY ADVICE IS TO ONLY ENTER THE SURF NEAR A LIFEGUARD. BUT IF
YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A CURRENT...NEVER ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY
AGAINST IT...AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. INSTEAD...TREAD WATER AND
SWIM AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. THEN ONCE OUT OF THE
CURRENT...SWIM DIRECTLY BACK TOWARD THE BEACH.

&&

$$

RL

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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.