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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 21, 2018, 4:03 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2018, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2018, 8:00 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 08:03 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, 8.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
173 WHUS42 KMLB 210803 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 403 AM EDT Sat Apr 21 2018 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-220000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0008.180421T1100Z-180422T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 403 AM EDT Sat Apr 21 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 a moderate risk of rip currents, which is in effect from 7 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * HAZARDS...Rough surf and a moderate risk of rip currents. * TIMING...from 7 am this morning through this evening. * LOCATION...all east central Florida beaches. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf will develop at east central Florida beaches today. The surf will build in the afternoon and become rough. The rough surf can knock you down and make you susceptible to being caught in a rip current. A northeast to east swell will support strong 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. && $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 4:31 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.