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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 14, 2025Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1226 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 7:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard17 min
Feb 13, 8:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie28 min
Feb 13, 8:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie36 min

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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.