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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 25, 2019Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 25, 2019, 2:31 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 25, 2019, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2019, 2:31 AM EST (07:31 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2019, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 25, 2019, 6:00 PM EST
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 07:31 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, 7.5 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 2019-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

587 
WHUS42 KMLB 250731
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
231 AM EST Mon Feb 25 2019

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-252300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0006.190225T1000Z-190225T2300Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
231 AM EST Mon Feb 25 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for rough and choppy surf and a moderate risk
for rip currents, which is in effect through late this afternoon.

* HAZARDS...Northeast winds between 20 to 25 mph will create rough
  surf along with dangerous rip currents. 

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

* LOCATION...Along the beaches of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River,
  Saint Lucie, and Martin counties. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Rough surf 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.

&&

$$

Ulrich

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 2:31 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 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.