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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 6, 2016, 3:51 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 6, 2016, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2016, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2016, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 08:51 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, 8.9 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
580 WHUS42 KMLB 060851 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 351 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SURF ZONE CONDITIONS WITH MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-070000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0018.161106T1000Z-161107T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 351 AM EST SUN NOV 6 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR BEACH EROSION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND HEAVY BREAKING WAVES, DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR BEACH EROSION. * TIMING...THE POTENTIAL FOR WAVE RUNUP TO THE BASE OF DUNES AND MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE GREATEST A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON TODAY. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE BEACHES OF VOLUSIA, BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT LUCIE, AND MARTIN COUNTIES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES UP TO 5 FEET AND STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST 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 YOU CHOOSE TO ENTER THE WATER, ONLY 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. && $$
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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.