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Beach Hazards Statement 24, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 12, 2021Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 12, 2021, 4:03 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 12, 2021, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2021, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2021, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 12, 2021, 6:00 PM EST
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 09:04 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, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

214 
WHUS42 KMLB 120903
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
403 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-122300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0024.211112T1100Z-211112T2300Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
403 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH SUNSET...

* WHAT...Rough surf and a Moderate risk of life threatening rip
  currents are expected at the beaches today.

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

* WHEN...From 6 AM EST this morning through sunset.

* IMPACTS...Incoming swells will produce breaking waves that can
  knock you down and make you 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.

&&

$$

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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.