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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 28, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 28, 2016, 2:21 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 28, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 2016, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
15 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 06:24 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, 6.4 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 2016-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 180 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

468 
WHUS42 KMLB 280621
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
221 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-290100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0015.161028T1000Z-161029T0100Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
221 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS FROM 6 AM EDT
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF ALONG WITH RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES.

* TIMING...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH
  THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...THE BEACHES OF VOLUSIA, BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT
  LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...ROUGH POUNDING SURF AND LIFE THREATENING
  RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROUGH SURF CAN OFTEN BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT APPEARS WHILE
STANDING ON THE BEACH. HEAVY BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU OFF A
SANDBAR INTO DEEPER WATER OR INTO A RIP CURRENT. 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.

&&

$$

JP

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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.