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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 28, 2018, 4:38 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 28, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2018, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted.
373 WHUS42 KMLB 280838 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 438 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-290000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0014.180528T1100Z-180529T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 438 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for dangerous rip currents and a strong longshore current, which is in effect through this evening. * HAZARDS...Breezy southerly winds will generate a strong northward moving current along the coast, with dangerous rip currents along area beaches today. * TIMING...Strong northward flowing currents will be present from today through this evening, with the risk for rip currents being particularly high from 11:00 AM through late this afternoon due to the outgoing tide. * LOCATION...All of the east central Florida coast. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A northward flowing current can be strong enough to knock you off the sandbar into deeper water, making you more susceptible to dangerous rip currents along area beaches. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 43 min | |
| May 28, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 63 min |
| May 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 46 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 56 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 58 min |
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.