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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 10, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 10, 2016, 4:17 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2016, 4:17 AM EST (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 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 09:14 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, 9.3 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 2016-03-10Temperature 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 2016-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

858 
WHUS42 KMLB 100917
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
417 AM EST THU MAR 10 2016

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-110000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0007.160310T0917Z-160311T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
417 AM EST THU MAR 10 2016

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

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

* HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF...LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND RIP CURRENTS.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HEAVY BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND
  MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEAWARD FLOWING RIP CURRENTS...OR KNOCK
  YOU OFF THE SAND BAR INTO DEEPER WATER.

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. ONLY ENTER THE SURF 
NEAR A LIFEGUARD.

&&

$$

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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.