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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 3, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Dec 3, 2016, 3:55 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 3, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2016, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 3, 2016, 5:00 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

773 
WHUS42 KMLB 030855
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
355 AM EST SAT DEC 3 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-032200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0020.161203T1200Z-161203T2200Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
355 AM EST SAT DEC 3 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

* HAZARDS...BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF. LIFE
  THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 

* TIMING...TODAY.

* LOCATION...VOLUSIA, BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT LUCIE AND
  MARTIN COUNTY BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF STRONG RIP
  CURRENTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SURF ZONE CONDITIONS WILL POSE A MODERATE HAZARD. BREAKING WAVES
CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEAWARD FLOWING RIP
CURRENTS. ONLY ENTER THE SURF 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.