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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 23, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 23, 2019, 3:02 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 23, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2019, 3:02 AM EST (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 23, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 23, 2019, 6:00 PM EST
In force
11 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 08:05 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, 8.0 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 2019-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

240 
WHUS42 KMLB 230802
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
302 AM EST Wed Jan 23 2019

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-232300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0001.190123T1200Z-190123T2300Z/
Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-
Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County-
302 AM EST Wed Jan 23 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for longshore currents and a moderate risk of
rip currents, which is in effect through 7 PM. 

* HAZARDS...A strong northward flowing longshore current, and 
  life threatening rip currents.

* TIMING...The threat for rip currents will be highest this 
  afternoon due to tidal effects, except they will exist all day 
  near piers, jetties and reefs. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf and strong winds can knock you 
  down and make you susceptible to seaward flowing 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.

&&

$$

JP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 4:07 PM ESTGale WarningMLB18 hr
Jan 23, 4:07 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB27 hr

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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.