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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 11, 2022Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 11, 2022, 7:28 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2022, 7:28 AM EST (12:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2022, 6:00 PM EST
In force
11 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 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2022-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

184 
WHUS42 KMLB 111228
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
728 AM EST Tue Jan 11 2022

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-112300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0001.220111T1228Z-220111T2300Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
728 AM EST Tue Jan 11 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Rough surf and a moderate risk of life threatening rip
  currents are expected at all east central Florida beaches.

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

* WHEN...Until 6 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Breezy onshore winds will produce rough surf and life
  threatening 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.