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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 12, 2020Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 12, 2020, 3:02 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2020, 3:02 AM EDT (07:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2020, 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 07:04 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, 7.0 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 2020-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

771 
WHUS42 KMLB 120702
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
302 AM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-130000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0014.200412T1100Z-200413T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
302 AM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020

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

* WHAT...Strong currents flowing parallel to the beach, including
  a Moderate Risk of rip currents. 
  
* WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, 
  Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...If no lifeguard is present, think twice
  about entering the surf. Be aware that beach closures are in
  effect for many areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 11:48 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMLB10 hr

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.