Alert archive / Florida / Beach Hazards Statements in 2020
Beach Hazards Statement 41, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 24, 2020, 3:03 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2020, 3:03 AM EST (08:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 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 08:04 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, 8.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
105 WHUS42 KMLB 240803 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 303 AM EST Tue Nov 24 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0041.201124T0803Z-201126T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 303 AM EST Tue Nov 24 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...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 Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rough surf is 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. && $$ CL
1 follow-up statement
542 WHUS42 KMLB 250908 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 408 AM EST Wed Nov 25 2020 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-260000- /O.CON.KMLB.BH.S.0041.000000T0000Z-201126T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 408 AM EST Wed Nov 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Breaking waves up to 5 to 6 feet and a Moderate Risk for rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rough surf is expected. Large waves can knock you down and make you more susceptible to being caught in a rip current. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ CL
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2020Every beach hazards statement in 2020
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.