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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Miami, FL

January 21, 2008Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2008, 7:51 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2008, 7:51 AM EST (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2008, 7:00 PM 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 12:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 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 2008-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2008-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 211251
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
751 AM EST MON JAN 21 2008

FLZ168-172-173-220000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0001.080121T1251Z-080122T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...
POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH...HOLLYWOOD BEACH...
AVENTURA...MIAMI BEACH...CORAL GABLES...CUTLER BAY...HOMESTEAD
751 AM EST MON JAN 21 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
THE EAST COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE
EAST COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

BEACH PATROL WIND GAGES ALONG THE EAST COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA WERE REPORTING NORTHEAST WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH EARLY
THIS MORNING. MIAMI BEACH WIND GAGE WAS ALSO REPORTING WINDS OF
AROUND 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MIA MORNING SOUNDING WAS
ALSO SHOWING WINDS OF 25 KNOTS ABOUT 700 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE
WHICH SHOULD MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE TODAY. SO THE NORTHEAST TO
EAST WINDS OF 25 MPH OR HIGHER SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE
EAST COAST BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. THEREFORE...A WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EAST COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 4:50 AM ESTMarine Weather StatementMFL6 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.