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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 5, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 5, 2016, 4:27 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 5, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 5, 2016, 4:27 AM EDT (08:27 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 5, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Nov 5, 2016, 7:00 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 08:29 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, 8.5 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WHUS42 KMLB 050827
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
427 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016

...A SURGE OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF, DANGEROUS
RIP CURRENTS, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR BEACH EROSION ALONG
AREA BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-052300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0017.161105T0900Z-161105T2300Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
427 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 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 RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND THE
  POTENTIAL FOR MINOR BEACH EROSION AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
  DANGEROUS BREAKERS AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST IN THE
  SURF ZONE.

* TIMING...THE POTENTIAL FOR WAVE RUNUP AND MINOR BEACH EROSION
  WILL BE GREATEST A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL
  OCCUR JUST AFTER NOON TODAY. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE
  THROUGH INTO THIS EVENING.

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

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET AND
  STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST.
  WAVE RUNUP TO THE BASE OF DUNES IS EXPECTED AT SOME BEACHES NEAR
  HIGH TIDE, LEADING TO MINOR BEACH EROSION ESPECIALLY IN MORE
  VULNERABLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTLINE.
 
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.

&&

$$

ULRICH

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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.