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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 4, 2017Volusia County, Florida

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 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, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2017-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 4:20 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB3 days

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017

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.