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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 30, 2022, 5:15 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 30, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2022, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 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 09:19 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, 9.3 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
- 2230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
331 WHUS42 KMLB 300915 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 515 AM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-310800- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0013.220330T1200Z-220331T0800Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 515 AM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Gusty southeast winds will produce choppy surf and a strong northward-flowing longshore current. There will also be a Moderate risk of life-threatening rip currents. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can knock you off your feet and make you even more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. If you decide to enter the ocean, do so only within sight of a lifeguard, and never swim alone. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
540 WHUS42 KMLB 310732 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 332 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-010800- /O.EXT.KMLB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220401T0800Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 332 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusty will produce a strong northward-flowing longshore current, parallel to the beach. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can knock you off your feet and make you even more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. If you decide to enter the ocean, do so only within sight of a lifeguard, and never swim alone. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
948 WHUS42 KMLB 311505 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1105 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-010800- /O.CON.KMLB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220401T0800Z/ Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Northern Brevard- 1105 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusty will produce a strong northward-flowing longshore current, parallel to the beach. There will also be a Moderate risk of life-threatening rip currents. * WHERE...Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can knock you off your feet and make you even more susceptible to being caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. If you decide to enter the ocean, do so only within sight of a lifeguard, and never swim alone.. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 10:11 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MLB | 16 hr | |
| Mar 29, 10:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 60 hr | |
| Mar 30, 7:59 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 87 min |
| Mar 30, 9:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | 9 hr | |
| Mar 30, 2:18 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MLB | 28 hr |
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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.