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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 3, 2022, 3:54 AM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2022, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2022, 3:27 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
739 WHUS42 KMLB 030754 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 354 AM EDT Mon Oct 3 2022 FLZ141-347-447-040800- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0018.221003T0754Z-221004T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 354 AM EDT Mon Oct 3 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...A developing southward flowing longshore current, and a moderate risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Increasing northerly winds will produce a strong southward flowing longshore current today, which can knock swimmers off their feet or into deeper water, making them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. The longshore current will also increase the risk of rip currents near piers and jetties. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
703 WHUS42 KMLB 040727 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 327 AM EDT Tue Oct 4 2022 FLZ141-347-447-050800- /O.CAN.KMLB.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-221004T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0019.221004T0800Z-221005T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- 327 AM EDT Tue Oct 4 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...A southward flowing longshore current, and a moderate risk of rip currents, are expected. * WHERE...Flagler Beach to Cape Canaveral. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Fresh northerly winds are producing a strong southward flowing longshore current, which can knock swimmers off their feet or into deeper water, making them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. The longshore current will also increase the risk of rip currents near piers and jetties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ154-159-164-647-747-050800- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0019.221004T0800Z-221005T0800Z/ Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin- Mainland Southern Brevard-Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 327 AM EDT Tue Oct 4 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...A southward flowing longshore current, and a moderate risk of rip currents, are expected. * WHERE...Cape Canaveral to Jupiter Inlet. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Fresh northerly winds are producing a strong southward flowing longshore current, which can knock swimmers off their feet or into deeper water, making them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. The longshore current will also increase the risk of rip currents near piers and jetties. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 54 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.