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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 19, 2017Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 19, 2017, 3:46 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 19, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2017, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 19, 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 07:45 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, 7.8 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 2017-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

396 
WHUS42 KMLB 190746
CFWMLB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
346 AM EDT WED APR 19 2017

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-200000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0008.170419T1200Z-170420T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
346 AM EDT WED APR 19 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 A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 
THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...ALL DAY.

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

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE 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.

&&

$$

KELLY

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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.