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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 15, 2018Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 15, 2018, 4:27 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 15, 2018, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2018, 4:27 AM EST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2018, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 15, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
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 09:30 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, 9.5 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 2018-01-15Temperature 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 2018-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

174 
WHUS42 KMLB 150927
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
427 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2018

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-152300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0002.180115T1100Z-180116T0000Z/
Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-
Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County-
427 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for strong currents and choppy surf, which is 
in effect from daybreak through this evening. 

* HAZARDS...Expect strong southward flowing currents and choppy
  surf in the surf zone. 

* TIMING...today from daybreak through dusk.

* LOCATION...East Central Florida Atlantic 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.

&&

$$

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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.