Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Nov 30, 2008, 12:05 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2008, 12:05 PM EST (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2008, 3:24 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KMFL 301705 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1205 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 FLZ068>070-072>075-168-172>174-302200- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0007.081130T1705Z-081130T2200Z/ METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...CORAL SPRINGS... SUNRISE...DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH... JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH... FORT LAUDERDALE 1205 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PALM BEACH...BROWARD... MIAMI-DADE...MAINLAND MONROE...AND COLLIER COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. UNSECURED OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND AT THESE WIND SPEEDS. && $$ DG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KMFL 302024 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 324 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 FLZ068>070-072>075-168-172>174-302130- /O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081130T2200Z/ METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...CORAL SPRINGS... SUNRISE...DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH... JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH... FORT LAUDERDALE 324 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT HAVE DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 9:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 31 hr | |
| Nov 29, 10:09 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Collier | 21 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:33 AM EST | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 3 hr | |
| Nov 30, 1:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Nov 30, 2:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 3:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 66 min |
| Nov 30, 3:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 2 hr | |
| Nov 30, 5:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Palm Beach | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 5:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 22 min |
| Nov 30, 6:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 25 min |
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.