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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MLB | 19 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.