Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Dec 8, 2006, 2:29 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 8, 2006, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2006, 2:29 PM EST (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2006, 4:46 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KMFL 081929 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 229 PM EST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE IMMEDIATE EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA... FLZ068-072-074-091100- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.061208T2300Z-061209T1100Z/ PALM BEACH EASTERN-BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PALM BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE... MIAMI 229 PM EST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL ALLOW FOR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TO OCCUR OVER THE IMMEDIATE EAST COASTAL METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE IMMEDIATE EAST COAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KMFL 090946 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 446 AM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 FLZ068-072-074-091100- /O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-061209T1100Z/ PALM BEACH EASTERN-BROWARD METROPOLITAN-DADE METROPOLITAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PALM BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE... MIAMI 446 AM EST SAT DEC 9 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE EAST COASTAL METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. LATEST OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY SOUTH TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INDICATES THE SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN 25 MPH. FOR THE THIS REASON THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...IT WILL STILL BE WINDY TODAY WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH OR MORE ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOWER WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED INLAND AND ALONG THE WEST COAST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. $$ GARCIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2:39 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 13 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:47 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 24 hr |
Nearby
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.