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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 26, 2017Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 26, 2017, 4:07 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 26, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2017, 4:07 AM EST (09:07 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 26, 2017, 7:00 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 09:10 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, 9.1 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 2017-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WHUS42 KMLB 260907
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
407 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2017

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

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-270000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0001.170226T1200Z-170227T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
407 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2017

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

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

* HAZARDS...A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH FLOWING LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL
  POSE A HAZARD TO THOSE ENTERING THE SURF TODAY. A LINGERING
  OCEAN SWELL WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP
  CURRENTS. ROUGH SURF WILL DEVELOP AT THE BEACHES BY AFTERNOON.
  REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD.

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM.

* LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH FLOWING LONG SHORE
  CURRENT CAN KNOCK YOU OFF A SANDBAR AND INTO DEEPER WATERS
  MAKING YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. ROUGH SURF WILL
  ALSO DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON CAUSING A HAZARD TO THOSE ENTERING THE
  SURF. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR PIER AND 
JETTIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LONGSHORE CURRENTS COMMONLY OCCUR WHEN WAVES APPROACH THE 
SHORELINE AT AN ANGLE. THEY CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS NEAR A 
JETTY OR PIER.

SWIM 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.