Alert archive / Florida / Beach Hazards Statements in 2020
Beach Hazards Statement 40, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 23, 2020, 3:30 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2020, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 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 08:32 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, 8.5 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
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
271 WHUS42 KMLB 230830 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 330 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-232300- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0040.201123T0830Z-201123T2300Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 330 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Strong southward flowing longshore current and a Moderate Risk for rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...A strong southward flowing longshore current will exist today at area beaches, which can knock swimmers off the sandbar into deeper water and make them more susceptible to rip currents. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
698 WHUS42 KMLB 230844 AAA CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Melbourne FL 344 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-232300- /O.CON.KMLB.BH.S.0040.000000T0000Z-201123T2300Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 344 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Strong southward flowing longshore current, breaking waves up to 5 to 6 feet, and a Moderate Risk for rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...A strong southward flowing longshore current will exist today at area beaches, which can knock swimmers off the sandbar into deeper water and make them more susceptible to rip currents. Rough surf is also expected. Large waves can knock you down and make you more susceptible to being caught in a rip current. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ CL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 3:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 48 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.