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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 9, 2021, 3:06 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2021, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 1840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
092 WHUS42 KMLB 090706 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 306 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-100700- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0016.210509T1200Z-210510T0800Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 306 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Breezy Southeast winds will produce a strong northward flowing longshore current. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...The longshore current can knock swimmers off the sandbar into deeper water and make them more susceptible to dangerous 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
128 WHUS42 KMLB 100748 AAA CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Melbourne FL 348 AM EDT Mon May 10 2021 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-110000- /O.EXT.KMLB.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210511T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 348 AM EDT Mon May 10 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Breezy Southerly winds will produce a strong northward flowing longshore current. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...The longshore current can knock swimmers off the sandbar into deeper water and make them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:57 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 18 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.