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Beach Hazards Statement 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 22, 2020, 3:47 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 22, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2020, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
861 WHUS42 KMLB 220747 AAC CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Melbourne FL 347 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-230000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0023.200722T1000Z-200723T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 347 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northward-flowing ocean current parallel to the beach.. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can knock swimmers off the sandbar into deeper water and make them more susceptible to rip currents. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Swim only within sight of a lifeguard and never try to swim directly against currents that occur at the beaches. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 92 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 40 min |
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.