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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 4, 2017, 4:36 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 4, 2017, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2017, 4:36 AM EST (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2017, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
450 WHUS42 KMLB 040936 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 436 AM EST SAT MAR 4 2017 FLZ047-054-059-064-147-042300- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0003.170304T1300Z-170304T2300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 436 AM EST SAT MAR 4 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * LOCATION...BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
216 WHUS42 KMLB 041604 CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1104 AM EST SAT MAR 4 2017 FLZ141-050000- /O.EXB.KMLB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170305T0000Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- 1104 AM EST SAT MAR 4 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION...COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONLY ENTER THE SURF NEAR LIFEGUARDS! HEAVY BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ FLZ047-054-059-064-147-050000- /O.EXT.KMLB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170305T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 1104 AM EST SAT MAR 4 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION...BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ONLY ENTER THE SURF NEAR LIFEGUARDS! HEAVY BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 3 days |
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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.