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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 23, 2020, 3:25 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 23, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2020, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- 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 07:25 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, 7.4 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
- 1917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358 WHUS42 KMLB 230725 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 325 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-240000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0015.200423T1200Z-200424T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 325 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong northward flowing currents 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 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong northward flowing current can knock swimmers off sandbars into deeper water and make them more susceptible to rip currents. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...If no lifeguard is present, think twice about entering the surf. Be aware that beach closures are in effect for some communities. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:13 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 17 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.