Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2008, 6:49 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2008, 6:49 AM EDT (10:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2008, 2:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KMFL 191049 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 649 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR METRO AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA... FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-192100- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.080319T1200Z-080319T2100Z/ METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALM SPRINGS...FLORIDA GARDENS... ABERDEEN...BOCA WEST...COCONUT CREEK...CORAL SPRINGS...TAMARAC... SUNRISE...PLANTATION...DAVIE...COOPER CITY...HOLLYWOOD... PEMBROKE PINES...MIRAMAR...MIAMI...MIAMI GARDENS...MIAMI LAKES... HIALEAH...DORAL...SOUTH MIAMI...KENDALL...CUTLER RIDGE... JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH... FORT LAUDERDALE...FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH...HOLLYWOOD BEACH... AVENTURA...MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI SHORES...DOWNTOWN MIAMI... CUTLER BAY...HOMESTEAD BAYFRONT PARK 649 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT WIND DATA SHOWS THAT WINDS ABOVE 25 MPH ARE OCCURRING JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. MIAMI BEACH HAS REPORTED A WIND OF 28 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES A BIT. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KMFL 191824 AAA NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 224 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA EASTERN METRO AREAS... FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-191930- /O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080319T2100Z/ METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALM SPRINGS...FLORIDA GARDENS... ABERDEEN...BOCA WEST...COCONUT CREEK...CORAL SPRINGS...TAMARAC... SUNRISE...PLANTATION...DAVIE...COOPER CITY...HOLLYWOOD... PEMBROKE PINES...MIRAMAR...MIAMI...MIAMI GARDENS...MIAMI LAKES... HIALEAH...DORAL...SOUTH MIAMI...KENDALL...CUTLER RIDGE... JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH... FORT LAUDERDALE...FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH...HOLLYWOOD BEACH... AVENTURA...MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI SHORES...DOWNTOWN MIAMI... CUTLER BAY...HOMESTEAD BAYFRONT PARK 224 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS INDICATE THAT WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE SOME ACROSS THE ARE THAT WAS UNDER THE ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW RUNNING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. THE SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE FALLEN...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY LEAD TO BRIEF PERIODS OF DIFFICULT DRIVING. $$ STRASSBERG
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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.