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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Key West, FL

January 2, 2008Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 2, 2008, 2:39 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 2, 2008, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2008, 2:39 AM EST (07:39 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2008, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 2, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KKEY 020739
NPWKEY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
239 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS...

.A ROBUST AND SIZABLE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL
UNITED STATES WILL EXPAND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA TODAY. THIS
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH
WINDS TODAY.

FLZ076>078-021545-
/O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0001.080102T0800Z-080102T2000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
239 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
GUSTS OF WIND...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
BS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS72 KKEY 020746 CCA
NPWKEY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
239 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008

CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS...

.A ROBUST AND SIZABLE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL
UNITED STATES WILL EXPAND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA TODAY. THIS
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH
WINDS TODAY.

FLZ076-077-078-022000-
/O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0001.080102T0800Z-080102T2000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
239 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
GUSTS OF WIND...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
BS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 12:30 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryKEYMonroe21 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.