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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 27, 2019, 4:12 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 27, 2019, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2019, 4:12 AM EST (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2019, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 638 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
948 WHUS42 KMLB 270912 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 412 AM EST Sun Jan 27 2019 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-280000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0002.190127T1500Z-190128T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 412 AM EST Sun Jan 27 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for rough choppy surf and a moderate risk of rip currents, which is in effect from 10 AM EST this morning through this evening. * HAZARDS...Rough surf and choppy seas along the east central Florida coasts due to the combination of an onshore and longshore current and life threatening rip currents. * TIMING...Mid-morning through early evening. * 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. && $$ KN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 4:44 AM EST | Gale Warning | MLB | 23 hr | |
| Jan 27, 4:44 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 24 hr | |
| Jan 27, 10:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 50 hr | |
| Jan 27, 5:05 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Jan 27, 5:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 33 min |
| Jan 27, 6:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 36 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2019Every beach hazards statement in 2019
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.