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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Miami, FL

December 8, 2006Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-12-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-12-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 2:39 PM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach13 hr
Dec 8, 4:47 PM ESTMarine Weather StatementMFL24 hr

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.