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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 14, 2022Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 14, 2022, 3:32 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2022, 3:32 AM EST (08:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
In force
15 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 08:33 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, 8.5 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 2022-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2022-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

932 
WHUS42 KMLB 140832
CFWMLB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
332 AM EST Mon Feb 14 2022

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-150000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0005.220214T0832Z-220215T0000Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
332 AM EST Mon Feb 14 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...A strong current flowing southward, parallel to the
  coast, within the surf zone and a moderate risk of life-
  threatening rip currents. 

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

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.