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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 19, 2016Volusia County, Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:13 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBVolusia16 hr

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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.