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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 31, 2023, 4:04 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2023, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2023, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 08:06 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, 8.1 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
748 WHUS42 KMLB 310804 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 404 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023 FLZ141-154-347-447-647-747-010800- /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-230331T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0009.230331T0804Z-230401T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 404 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Choppy surf, a strong northward flowing longshore current, and a Moderate risk of dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Mainland Northern Brevard, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands, Mainland Southern Brevard and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Choppy surf can knock you off your feet and make you even more susceptible to becoming caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. Entering the surf today is not advised. && $$ FLZ159-164-010800- /O.EXP.KMLB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230331T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0009.230331T0804Z-230401T0800Z/ Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin- 404 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Choppy surf, a strong northward flowing longshore current, and a Moderate risk of dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Saint Lucie and Coastal Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Choppy surf can knock you off your feet and make you even more susceptible to becoming caught in the seaward pull of a rip current. Entering the surf today is not advised. && $$
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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.