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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 27, 2022Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 27, 2022, 4:08 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2022, 4:08 AM EST (09:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 2022, 4:00 AM EST
In force
24 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 09:08 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, 9.1 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 00:00Z on 2022-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

857 
WHUS42 KMLB 270908
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
408 AM EST Thu Jan 27 2022

FLZ141-147-280900-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0003.220127T0908Z-220128T0900Z/
Coastal Volusia-Northern Brevard-
408 AM EST Thu Jan 27 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Gusty northeast winds will produce choppy surf and
  breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. There will also be a Moderate 
  risk of dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Large breaking waves can knock you off your feet and
  make you even more susceptible to being caught in the seaward
  pull of a rip current.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Entering the chilly surf is not advised due to the dangerous surf
conditions.


 &&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 3:41 PM ESTGale WatchMLB11 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.