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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 3, 2017Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 3, 2017, 4:04 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2017, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 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 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 2017-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2017-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

202 
WHUS42 KMLB 030904
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
404 AM EST FRI MAR 3 2017


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-040000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0002.170303T1200Z-170304T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
404 AM EST FRI MAR 3 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 ROUGH SURF AND STRONG CURRENTS, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING

* LOCATION...VOLUSIA, BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT LUCIE, AND
  MARTIN COUNTIES

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN LARGE
  WAVES AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. 
  LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR PIERS AND 
  JETTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

KELLY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:50 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 hr
Mar 3, 4:14 AM ESTRed Flag WarningMLBLake14 hr

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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.