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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 13, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 13, 2019, 3:27 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 13, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2019, 3:27 AM EST (08:27 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 13, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 13, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
In force
12 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 08:27 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, 8.5 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 2019-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2019-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

293 
WHUS42 KMLB 130827
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
327 AM EST Wed Nov 13 2019

...SEAS AND SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TODAY BEHIND A STRONG 
COLD FRONT AND NORTHERLY WIND SURGE...


FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-140300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SU.Y.0008.191113T1200Z-191114T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0018.191113T1200Z-191114T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
327 AM EST Wed Nov 13 2019

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

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

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a High Surf
Advisory, which is in effect from 7 AM this morning to 10 PM this
evening. A Beach Hazards Statement has also been issued for rough
pounding surf, numerous strong Rip Currents and a swift southward
flowing long shore current, from 7 AM this morning through 7 PM 
this evening. 

* WAVES AND SURF...Large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet combining
  with higher than normal astronomical tides will produce
  dangerous surf conditions and minor beach erosion around the
  times of next two high tides.

* TIMING...The risk of beach erosion will occur around the times 
  of the next two high tides, about 800 AM this morning and again 
  around 830 PM this evening. Numerous strong Rip Currents and a 
  strong southward flowing long shore current will be present all 
  day, with rips being the strongest between 11 AM and 5 PM.
 
* LOCATION...All of the each central Florida beaches from Flagler
  Beach to Jupiter Inlet.

* IMPACTS...Wave runup and minor beach erosion is possible during
  times of high tide. Rough surf can knock you down and make you
  more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a Rip
  Current. Entering the water is not recommended today.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and
potentially life-threatening swimming conditions.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 3:27 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia19 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.