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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 16, 2017Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 16, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 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 08:03 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, 8.0 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 2017-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

203 
WHUS42 KMLB 160800
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
400 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2017

...ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AS EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-170000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0007.170416T1200Z-170417T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0019.170416T1200Z-170417T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
400 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM 
EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 
AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...ALL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS
  TO THOSE WHO ENTER THE OCEAN. ROUGH SURF CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND
  MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. THERE IS
  A HIGH RISK FOR STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT 
  EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY 
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE 
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND 
PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND 
SIGNS.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:00 AM EDTRip Current StatementMLBVolusia16 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.