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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Miami, FL

November 30, 20085 counties in Florida

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 2008-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 9:59 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL31 hr
Nov 29, 10:09 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementMFLCollier21 hr
Nov 30, 11:33 AM ESTMarine Weather StatementMFL3 hr
Nov 30, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL60 min
Nov 30, 2:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry53 min
Nov 30, 3:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades, Hendry66 min
Nov 30, 3:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL2 hr
Nov 30, 5:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach24 min
Nov 30, 5:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward22 min
Nov 30, 6:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward25 min

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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.