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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 14, 2017Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 14, 2017, 4:15 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 14, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2017, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
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 08:17 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, 8.3 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 2017-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

810 
WHUS42 KMLB 140815
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
415 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2017

...ROUGH SURF AND MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-150000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0005.170414T1200Z-170415T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
415 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS, WHICH IS IN 
EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE
  EXPECTED AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. THERE IS A
  MODERATE RISK FOR STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT 
  EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. 

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.

&&

$$

VOLKMER

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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.