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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 20, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 20, 2016, 3:43 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 20, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2016, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 20, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
14 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 07:46 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, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WHUS42 KMLB 200743
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
343 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...MODERATE TO LARGE OCEAN SWELLS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS BEACH
CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-210000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0011.160620T1000Z-160621T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
343 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS DUE TO LARGE SWELLS. THIS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM
THIS MORNING THROUGH 800 PM THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE.
  A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY, SUNRISE THROUGH SUNSET.

* LOCATION...ALL OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL POSE A HAZARD TO ANYONE
  ENTERING THE SURF...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO KNOCK SWIMMERS OFF
  THEIR FEET AND MAKING THEM EVEN MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING
  CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT.

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.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL
CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR
MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE
VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE
OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. 



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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:22 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMLB19 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016

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.