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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 9, 2025Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this high surf advisory at Oct 9, 2025, 2:43 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 9, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2025, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 12, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 68 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 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Oct 9, 2:08 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:08 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	2 hr
Oct 9, 2:26 PM EDT	Flood Watch	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	34 hr
Oct 9, 2:29 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	59 hr
Oct 9, 2:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin	84 min
Oct 9, 5:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	84 min
Oct 9, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	86 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2025 Every high surf advisory in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.