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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 3, 2022Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 3, 2022, 2:48 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 3, 2022, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2022, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2022, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 4, 2022, 4:00 AM EST
In force
23 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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 2022-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2022-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

660 
WHUS42 KMLB 030748
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
248 AM EST Thu Feb 3 2022

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-040900-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0004.220203T1000Z-220204T0900Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
248 AM EST Thu Feb 3 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...A strong current flowing northward, parallel to the
  coast, within the surf zone and a Moderate risk of life-
  threatening rip currents. Rough surf will also be possible.

* WHERE...Southern Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, 
  Coastal Volusia and Northern Brevard Counties.

* WHEN...From 5 AM EST early this morning through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can knock you off your feet and make 
  you even more susceptible to becoming caught in the seaward pull
  of a rip current.

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.