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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 19, 2015, 3:55 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 19, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2015, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628 WHUS42 KMLB 190855 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 355 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2015 ...ROUGH SURF AND A NORTH TO SOUTH FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT AT AREA BEACHES TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-200000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0021.151219T1200Z-151220T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 355 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND SOUTHWARD FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT. * TIMING...FROM EARLY MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN LARGE WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS MOVING FROM THE NORTH TO SOUTH. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR REEFS...PIERS AND JETTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SURF ZONE CONDITIONS WILL POSE A LOW TO MODERATE HAZARD. A SOUTHWARD FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT CAN KNOCK YOU OFF THE SANDBAR INTO DEEPER WATER. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR REEFS...PIERS AND JETTIES. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:51 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 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.