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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 10, 2016, 3:52 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 10, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2016, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
621 WHUS42 KMLB 100752 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 352 AM EDT MON OCT 10 2016 ...DETERIORATING SURF CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-120800- /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0002.161011T0400Z-161012T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0012.161010T0800Z-161011T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 352 AM EDT MON OCT 10 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH CHOPPY SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...EXPECT LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE BUILDING UP TO 5 TO 6 FEET TODAY AND UP TO 7 FEET FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...THE ROUGH POUNDING SURF CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO BECOME CAUGHT ON A RIP CURRENT. SWIMMERS MAY NOT WANT TO ENTER THE WATER ABOVE THEIR KNEES, OR MAY CHOOSE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER COMPLETELY. IF YOU CHOOSE TO ENTER THE ROUGH SURF, PLEASE DO SO ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD, AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SURF WILL BE ESPECIALLY ROUGH AROUND THE TIMES OF THE NEXT SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THESE WILL OCCUR AROUND 330 PM TODAY, NEAR 400 AM AND 430 PM ON TUESDAY, AND AGAIN AROUND 500 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTLINE. * IMPACTS...HIGH AUTUMNAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL AGGRAVATE BEACH EROSION CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
1 follow-up statement
730 WHUS42 KMLB 110005 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 805 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2016 ...DETERIORATING SURF CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-120830- /O.EXP.KMLB.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-161011T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SU.Y.0002.161011T0400Z-161012T1100Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 805 PM EDT MON OCT 10 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...EXPECT LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE BUILDING UP TO 5 TO 7 FEET FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SURF WILL BE ESPECIALLY ROUGH AROUND THE TIMES OF THE NEXT SEVERAL HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THESE WILL OCCUR AROUND 400 AM AND 430 PM ON TUESDAY...AND AGAIN AROUND 500 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH AUTUMNAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL AGGRAVATE BEACH EROSION CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES... AS MENTIONED ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 3:52 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 64 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.