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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 9, 2020Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 9, 2020, 3:49 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 9, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2020, 3:49 AM EST (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 9, 2020, 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 08:53 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, 8.8 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 2020-01-09Temperature 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 2020-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

302 
WHUS42 KMLB 090849
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
349 AM EST Thu Jan 9 2020

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0002.200109T1200Z-200110T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
349 AM EST Thu Jan 9 2020

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

* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph will produce Rough Surf and a
  Moderate Risk of life threatening rip currents at the beaches of
  east central Florida.

* WHERE...The beaches of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. 
  Lucie and Martin counties. 

* WHEN...Rough surf will persist through the day, while the peak
  rip current threat will be late morning through mid afternoon 
  due to tidal effects.

* IMPACTS...Rough surf can knock you down and make you more
  susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a Rip
  Current.


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.

&&

$$

Kelly

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 3:29 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBOkeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia16 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.