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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 22, 2018, 3:50 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 22, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2018, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 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 07:53 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, 7.8 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
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted.
660 WHUS42 KMLB 220750 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 350 AM EDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...ROUGH SURF TODAY AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-230000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0009.180422T1100Z-180423T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 350 AM EDT Sun Apr 22 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 continue at east central Florida beaches today. 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 at east central Florida beaches again today. 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. && $$ VOLKMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 56 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 83 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 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.