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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 6, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 6, 2019, 3:45 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 6, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2019, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 6, 2019, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 17 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 07:48 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, 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

283 
WHUS42 KMLB 060745
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
345 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2019


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-070800-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0014.191006T0800Z-191007T0800Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
345 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR
ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for rough surf and a moderate rip current threat,
which is in effect through late tonight. 

* HAZARDS...Rough and pounding waves are expected in the surf zone
  today as winds increase out of the east and northeast. This will
  be compounded by a moderate rip current threat.  

* TIMING...The rough surf will persist through the day, while the
  peak rip current threat will be through noon and after 6:30 PM.
 
* LOCATION...Flagler Beach to Jupiter Inlet.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...The rough breaking surf will be capable of
  knocking people down, making them susceptible to getting caught
  in a dangerous 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.

&&

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1 follow-up statement

305 
WHUS42 KMLB 070115
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
915 PM EDT Sun Oct 6 2019


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-070215-
/O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-191007T0800Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
915 PM EDT Sun Oct 6 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has cancelled the Beach
Hazards Statement for tonight.  


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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.