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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 6, 2016, 2:38 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 6, 2016, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2016, 2:38 AM EST (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 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 07:38 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, 7.6 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
493 WHUS42 KMLB 060738 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 238 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 ...ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-062300- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0002.160106T1400Z-160107T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 238 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...ROUGH SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS ALL DAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM NEAR THE TIME OF LOW TIDE. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF WILL MAKE SWIMMING CONDITIONS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. THE BREAKING SURF CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 4:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MLB | 66 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.