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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 5, 2016, 2:37 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 5, 2016, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2016, 2:37 AM EST (07:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 07:41 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, 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
569 WHUS42 KMLB 050737 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 237 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-052300- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0004.160205T1100Z-160205T2300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 237 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTH FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...6 AM THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS CAUSED BY WIND WAVES AND FLOWS PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE. THE SOUTH FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT CAN PUSH YOU OFF A SANDBAR FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE COASTLINE AND POTENTIALLY INTO DEEPER WATER. LONGSHORE CURRENTS ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PUSH YOU DOWN THE COAST AND RIGHT INTO A RIP CURRENT. 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. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:28 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 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.