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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 2, 2018Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 2, 2018, 2:44 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2018, 2:44 AM EDT (06:44 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 2, 2018, 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 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.7 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 2018-05-02Temperature 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°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 2018-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

015 
WHUS42 KMLB 020644
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
244 AM EDT Wed May 2 2018

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-030000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0011.180502T1200Z-180503T0000Z/
Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-
Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County-
244 AM EDT Wed May 2 2018

...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 life-threatening rip
  currents.

* TIMING...from 8 am this morning through sunset.

* LOCATION...all east central Florida beaches.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf will affect east central Florida
  beaches today. The rough surf can knock you down and make you
  susceptible to being caught in a rip current. An east-northeast
  swell will support strong rip currents at east central Florida 
  beaches today.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:41 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB25 hr

Nearby

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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.