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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 10, 2019, 4:15 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 10, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2019, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2019, 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 08:14 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, 8.3 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
- 791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
402 WHUS42 KMLB 100815 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 415 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2019 ...Rough Surf and Strong Rip Currents Today at East Central Florida Beaches... FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-110000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0017.191010T1100Z-191011T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 415 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT 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 through this evening. * HAZARDS...Breezy northeast winds and elevated swells will produce rough surf and a moderate risk for strong and dangerous rip currents at east central Florida beaches today. * TIMING...Rough surf will persist through the day, while the peak rip current threat will be through the morning into mid afternoon due to tidal effects. * LOCATION...All east central Florida beaches from Ormond 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 4:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 3 days |
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.