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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 3, 2016, 3:56 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2016, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:00 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, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
806 WHUS42 KMLB 030756 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 356 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-032000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0008.160403T1200Z-160403T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 356 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR REEFS...PIERS AND JETTIES. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OFF A SANDBAR AND INTO DEEPER WATER AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING CAUGHT IN 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. && $$ VOLKMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MLB | 7 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.