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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 7, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 7, 2016, 3:50 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 7, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 7, 2016, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 7, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 7, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
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 08:47 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, 8.8 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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

429 
WHUS42 KMLB 070850
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
350 AM EST MON NOV 7 2016

...HAZARDOUS SURF ZONE CONDITIONS...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-080000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0019.161107T0900Z-161108T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
350 AM EST MON NOV 7 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...A LONG FETCH OF NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL
  PRODUCE MODERATE TO LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND DANGEROUS RIP
  CURRENTS.

* TIMING...THE SURF ZONE WILL BE ROUGH ALL DAY AND THE GREATEST
  RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING AND LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES UP TO 5 FEET AND STRONG
  NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST. THE
  WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU VULNERABLE TO SEAWARD
  FLOWING RIP CURRENTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROUGH SURF CAN OFTEN BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT APPEARS WHILE
STANDING ON THE BEACH. BREAKING WAVES ARE HEAVY AND CAN KNOCK YOU
OFF A SANDBAR INTO DEEPER WATER...OR INTO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
RIP CURRENTS. THE BEST SAFETY ADVICE IS TO ONLY ENTER THE SURF
NEAR A LIFEGUARD.

IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT TRY TO REMAIN CALM AND FLOAT. 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.