Alert archive / Florida / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018

Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 4, 2018Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 4, 2018, 3:25 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 4, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2018, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 4, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 4, 2018, 7:00 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 07:28 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, 7.4 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 2018-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 521 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 2018-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

092 
WHUS42 KMLB 040725
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
325 AM EDT Thu Oct 4 2018

...Brisk onshore flow and swells from distant tropical cyclone Leslie
will lead to hazardous surf conditions again today....

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-042300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0019.181004T1000Z-181004T2300Z/
Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-
Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County-
325 AM EDT Thu Oct 4 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT 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 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
  through late this morning due to tidal effects.

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

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf can knock you down and make you
  susceptible to rip currents.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you choose to the enter the water, only swim near a lifeguard
and never swim alone. 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.

$$

Ulrich

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018

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.