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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 1, 2015, 10:39 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2015, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 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 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449 WHUS42 KMLB 011439 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1039 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH LATE EVENING... ...ROUGH SURF AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-021100- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0009.151001T1439Z-151002T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-151002T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 1039 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF...BEACH EROSION AND RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY CREATING ROUGH SURF AT THE THE BEACHES. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS WEEKEND. * TIMING...BEACH HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AND ALSO INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH HIGH SURF DEVELOPING BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS HURRICANE JOAQUIN PASSES OFFSHORE. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. BUILDING SWELLS WILL CAUSE ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH LATE WEEK. WAVE RUN UP TO THE DUNES IS EXPECTED WITH HIGH TIDES INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. REPEATED CYCLES OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES MAY CAUSE EROSION OF DUNES AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN TYPICALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS NEAR THE SHORE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ 15
1 follow-up statement
094 WHUS42 KMLB 020829 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 429 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES AGAIN TODAY... ...BUILDING SURF AND BEACH EROSION EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-030600- /O.EXT.KMLB.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-151003T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 429 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...MODERATE TO LARGE NORTHEAST TO EAST SWELLS AGAIN TODAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL CREATE ROUGH SURF AT THE THE BEACHES...AND MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...BEACH HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH HIGH SURF DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS HURRICANE JOAQUIN PASSES OFFSHORE. BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF THE NEXT SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN A LITTLE PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. BUILDING SWELLS WILL CAUSE ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION... ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH LATE WEEK. WAVE RUN UP TO THE DUNES IS EXPECTED WITH HIGH TIDES INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. REPEATED CYCLES OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES MAY CAUSE EROSION OF DUNES AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN TYPICALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS NEAR THE SHORE THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:29 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 18 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 4 days |
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.