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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 2, 2021, 3:52 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2021, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2021, 7:00 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 08:53 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, 8.9 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
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
318 WHUS42 KMLB 020852 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 352 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 FLZ047-141-147-030000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0008.210302T0852Z-210303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0009.210302T0852Z-210303T0000Z/ Southern Brevard-Coastal Volusia-Northern Brevard- 352 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, rough surf with breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Brevard, Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Large breaking waves can knock you off your feet, and make you even more susceptible to becoming caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While rip currents will be present all day, the threat will be highest from 2PM to 6PM this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:52 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 49 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.