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Beach Hazards Statement 31, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 3, 2020Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 3, 2020, 3:39 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 3, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2020, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 3, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 3, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
In force
11 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 08:43 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, 8.7 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 2020-11-03Temperature 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 2020-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -123 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
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

547 
WHUS42 KMLB 030839
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
339 AM EST Tue Nov 3 2020

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-032300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0031.201103T1200Z-201103T2300Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
339 AM EST Tue Nov 3 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THROUGH 6 PM THIS 
EVENING...

* WHAT...Rough surf expected and a Moderate Risk of life-
  threatening rip currents.

* WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, 
  Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM this morning through 6 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...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...

Entering the surf is not advised, but if you choose to enter the 
surf only do so 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.

&&

$$

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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.