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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 2, 2007Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 2, 2007, 3:37 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 2, 2007, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2007, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 2, 2007, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 2, 2007, 10:26 AM EDT
In force
6 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 07:38 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, 7.6 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 2007-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 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 2007-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 020737
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
337 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007


FLZ141-147-021600-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0006.071002T0800Z-071002T1600Z/
COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE
337 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS
UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
STEADILY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

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. VERY
ROUGH INTRACOASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE BOATING VERY
HAZARDOUS. 

$$


KELLY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS72 KMLB 021426
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1026 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007

FLZ141-147-021530-
/O.CAN.KMLB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071002T1600Z/
COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE
1026 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB55 min
Oct 2, 10:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB54 min
Oct 2, 10:17 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia21 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.