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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 10, 2021, 3:29 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 10, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2021, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 07:28 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, 7.5 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
153 WHUS42 KMLB 100729 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 329 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-102300- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0014.210410T1100Z-210410T2300Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 329 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...A strong northward 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...From 7 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Breezy southeast winds will produce a strong northward flowing longshore current today, which can knock swimmers off the sandbar into deeper water and make them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Only 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 25 hr | |
| Apr 10, 4:08 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange | 82 min |
| Apr 10, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 87 min |
| Apr 10, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 94 min | |
| Apr 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 89 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.