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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 3, 2018Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 3, 2018, 2:24 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 3, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2018, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2018, 7:00 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 06:27 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, 6.4 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 2018-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 510 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 2018-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

637 
WHUS42 KMLB 030624
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
224 AM EDT Wed Oct 3 2018

...Hazardous beach conditions with Rough Surf and Rip Currents 
Today... 

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-032300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0018.181003T1100Z-181003T2300Z/
Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-
Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County-
224 AM EDT Wed Oct 3 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for rough surf and dangerous rip currents, 
which is in effect from 7 AM EDT this morning through this 
evening. 

* HAZARDS...Rough surf and rip currents.

* TIMING...Rough surf conditions will be present all day due to
  onshore winds, while the threat of rip currents will be 
  greatest this morning through noon due to tidal effects.

* LOCATION...All the beaches of east central Florida. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...The rough surf can knock you down and make 
  you susceptible to seaward flowing rip currents.

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.

&&

$$

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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.