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Beach Hazards Statement 25, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 24, 2020, 3:56 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 24, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2020, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 24, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 24, 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 07:59 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, 7.9 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
- 2210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
972 WHUS42 KMLB 240756 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 356 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-250000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0025.200824T1000Z-200825T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 356 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Increasing Rough Surf expected. Strong northward-flowing ocean current parallel to the beach. A Moderate risk of life- threatening rip currents at area beaches. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...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...Large breaking waves can knock you off your feet, and make you even more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 96 min | |
| Aug 24, 2:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Aug 24, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 min | |
| Aug 24, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 7:51 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | 12 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.