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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Mar 1, 2024, 3:00 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 1, 2024, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2024, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2024, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2024, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 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 08:00 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, 8.0 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
536 WHUS42 KMLB 010800 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 300 AM EST Fri Mar 1 2024 FLZ141-154-159-164-347-447-647-747-020800- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0007.240301T0900Z-240302T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 300 AM EST Fri Mar 1 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...A northward flowing longshore current with a Moderate risk of dangerous rip currents exists in the surf zone today. * WHERE...Beaches of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie and Martin counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Breezy southerly winds will produce a moderate northward flowing longshore current today, which can push swimmers into deeper water unexpectedly, and make them more susceptible to dangerous rip currents. 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.