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Lake Wind Advisory 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 8, 2008, 2:09 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 8, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2008, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake wind advisory went out at Mar 7, 10:50 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 10:50 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 3:00 PM EST, 11 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 300 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-080000- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 300 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE FOUR CORRIDOR THROUGH SUNSET... ...STORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING ACROSS GEORGIA COUPLED WITH DEEP MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND STRONG WINDS FROM THE SURFACE INTO THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...HAS LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF FLORIDA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SWEEPS EASTWARD TONIGHT...EXPECT INCREASING COVERAGE OF STORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING NORTH OF INTERSTATE FOUR...AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT SPREAD SOUTHWARD TOWARD ORLANDO...AND THE TITUSVILLE... COCOA AND MELBOURNE AREAS. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD STAY ALERT OF THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY TAKE SHELTER INDOORS SHOULD STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. ...FLOOD IMPACT... A LONG FETCH OF DEEP MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OSCEOLA COUNTY AND THE SPACE COAST NORTH TO METRO ORLANDO...LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. TRAINING OF STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME...LEADING TO STANDING WATER AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ROADS. PLACES THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS NOT MENTIONED ABOVE WILL ALSO SEE THE THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING FROM AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS. ...HIGH WIND IMPACT... SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 MPH TODAY. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST AND WATERSPOUT IMPACTS... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A SQUALL LINE PUSHES OFFSHORE FROM THE MAINLAND. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR STRONG MARINE STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW WATERSPOUTS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS AND GUSTY NEAR SHORE AND 20 TO 25 KNOTS OFFSHORE TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 6 TO 8 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS INTO TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF STRONG CONVECTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THERE WILL BE A HIGH WILD FIRE DANGER DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE AFTERNOON. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AGAIN ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE COOL SATURDAY NIGHT AS MID TO UPPER 30S ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF INLAND CENTRAL FLORIDA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OFFSHORE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS NETWORKS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED...ESPECIALLY FROM POINTS...LAKE...ORANGE AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES NORTHWARD. THIS THREAT WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. CRISTALDI
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:57 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 8:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 min | |
| Mar 7, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 23 min |
| Mar 8, 1:45 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Mar 8, 3:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 117 min | |
| Mar 8, 9:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 8 hr |
Nearby
Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2008Every lake wind advisory in 2008
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.