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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 3, 2006Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2006, 3:36 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 3, 2006, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2006, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 3, 2006, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 3, 2006, 9:00 PM EST
In force
12 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 08:36 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2006-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2006-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-653 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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 KMLB 030836
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
336 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS THE REGION AS STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

FLZ047-141-147-040200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.061103T1400Z-061104T0200Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH...
TITUSVILLE
336 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATER THIS
MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SUSTAINED
WINDS APPROACH 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE BEACHES AND JUST INLAND FROM THE
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING
AS WINDS DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

FLZ041-044>046-053-054-040200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0012.061103T1400Z-061104T0200Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH
336 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH LATER THIS
MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SUSTAINED
WINDS APPROACH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY
RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KMLB 031101
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
601 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS THE REGION AS STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA.

FLZ047-141-147-040200-
/O.CON.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.061103T1400Z-061104T0200Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH...
TITUSVILLE
601 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATER
THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACH 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO
35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE BEACHES AND JUST
INLAND FROM THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
LATER THIS EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

FLZ041-044>046-053-054-040200-
/O.CON.KMLB.LW.Y.0012.061103T1400Z-061104T0200Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH
601 AM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH LATER
THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO
30 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS WINDS
DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY
RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KMLB 040154
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
854 PM EST FRI NOV 3 2006


FLZ047-141-147-040300-
/O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061104T0200Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH...
TITUSVILLE
854 PM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL ALLOW THE WIND
ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 9 PM. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. NOT QUITE AS
WINDY ON THE MAINLAND.
 

$$

FLZ041-044>046-053-054-040300-
/O.EXP.KMLB.LW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-061104T0200Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH
854 PM EST FRI NOV 3 2006

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WILL ALLOW THE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 9 PM.  

$$


KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 7:37 PM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia3 days
Nov 3, 3:36 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia17 hr

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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.