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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 19, 2022, 3:53 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2022, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 65 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
868 WHUS42 KMLB 190753 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 353 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 FLZ141-154-159-164-447-747-200000- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0020.221019T0753Z-221020T0000Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 353 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...A southward flowing longshore current, and a low risk of rip currents are expected. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie, Coastal Martin, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
724 WHUS42 KMLB 190922 AAA CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Melbourne FL 522 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 FLZ347-647-200000- /O.EXA.KMLB.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-221020T0000Z/ Mainland Northern Brevard-Mainland Southern Brevard- 522 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...A southward flowing longshore current, and a low risk of rip currents are expected. * WHERE...Mainland Northern Brevard and Mainland Southern Brevard Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Fresh northerly winds are producing a strong southward flowing longshore current, which can knock swimmers off their feet or into deeper water, making them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. The longshore current will also increase the risk of rip currents near piers and jetties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ141-154-159-164-447-747-200000- /O.CON.KMLB.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-221020T0000Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Northern Brevard Barrier Islands- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 522 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...A southward flowing longshore current, and a low risk of rip currents are expected. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie, Coastal Martin, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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. && $$
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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.