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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
- 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
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. && $$ 15
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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.