Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Key West, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 12:30 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 21 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.