Alert archive / Florida / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 9, 2018, 6:23 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 88 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2018, 6:23 AM EDT (10:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2018, 7:51 AM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- 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 10:23 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, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759 WHUS42 KMLB 091023 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 623 AM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018 ...CORRECTED TIME PERIOD THAT THE STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT... ...ROUGH, CHOPPY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC BEACHES AGAIN TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100000- /O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0022.181010T0800Z-181011T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0023.181009T1023Z-181010T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 623 AM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY 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, with breaking waves to around 5 feet. and numerous Strong Rip Currents. * TIMING...While Rough Surf and Rip Currents will be present all day, the threat for Rips will be highest between 12 noon and 6 PM due to tidal effects. * LOCATION...All central Florida Beaches from Flagler Beach to Jupiter Inlet. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf can knock you down and make you susceptible to rip currents. Weak swimmers may not want to enter the water above their knees. && $$
1 follow-up statement
883 WHUS42 KMLB 091151 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 751 AM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018 ...SEA AND SURF CONDITIONS DETERIORATING FURTHER... LATEST BUOY DATA SHOWS SEAS OVER THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC HAVE BUILT BY ANOTHER FOOT OR TWO EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT, SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS TODAY. FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100200- /O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0023.000000T0000Z-181010T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0006.181009T1151Z-181010T0200Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 751 AM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a High Surf Advisory, which is in effect until 10 PM EDT this evening. The Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. * WAVES AND SURF...Large breaking waves up to 7 feet in the surf zone will create very dangerous conditions for swimmers today. Numerous Strong Rip currents are also expected. * TIMING...While High Surf and Rip Currents will be present all day, the threat for Rips will be highest between 12 noon and 6 PM due to tidal effects. Significant wave runup to the dune line, as well as minor beach erosion, is expected for the next two hide tide cycles. The first will occur between 830 and 900 AM this morning, and the second this evening between 900 and 930 AM. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf can knock you down and make you susceptible to rip currents. Weak swimmers may not want to enter the water above their knees. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. && $$ Cristaldi
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Oct 8, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Oct 9, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 57 min |
| Oct 9, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 59 min |
| Oct 9, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Oct 9, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Oct 9, 4:31 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 112 min |
| Oct 9, 5:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Oct 9, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 23 min |
| Oct 9, 7:51 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 14 hr |
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.