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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 27, 2018, 3:50 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 27, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2018, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 08:52 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, 8.8 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
024 WHUS42 KMLB 270850 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 350 AM EST Sat Jan 27 2018 ...ROUGH SURF AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-280000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0005.180127T1200Z-180128T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 350 AM EST Sat Jan 27 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for rough surf and rip currents, which is in effect from 7 AM EST this morning through this evening. * HAZARDS...Rough surf and a moderate risk for rip currents. * TIMING...through 7 pm this evening. * LOCATION...along east central Florida beaches. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf will create dangerous surf conditions. Rough surf can knock you down and make you susceptible to being caught in a rip current. 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. && $$ Sedlock
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:55 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | 15 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.