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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 19, 2016, 4:10 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 19, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2016, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:12 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
483 WHUS42 KMLB 190810 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 410 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 FLZ047-141-147-200000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0010.160619T1500Z-160620T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 410 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:13 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 16 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.