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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Feb 14, 2025, 2:48 AM EST for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 14, 2025, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2025, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2025, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2025, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
043 WHUS42 KMLB 140748 CFWMLB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Melbourne FL 248 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025 FLZ141-347-447-647-747-150800- /O.NEW.KMLB.BH.S.0007.250214T0800Z-250215T0800Z/ Coastal Volusia-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Mainland Southern Brevard- Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 248 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Rough surf and a Moderate risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Volusia and Brevard counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Increased Northeast to East winds will produce rough surf. A Moderate risk of strong rip currents will also exist. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 7:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 17 min |
| Feb 13, 8:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 28 min |
| Feb 13, 8:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.