Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2008, 9:35 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2008, 9:35 AM EST (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 KMLB 081435 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 935 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-082245- /O.CAN.KMLB.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.080308T1435Z-080308T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 935 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REPLACES THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WHEN CROSSING CAUSEWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. $$ FLZ054-058-059-064-082245- /O.CON.KMLB.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/ INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE... HOBE SOUND 935 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE TODAY. WEST WINDS TO 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KMLB 082313 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 613 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-090015- /O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 613 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ FLZ054-058-059-064-090015- /O.EXP.KMLB.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/ INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE... HOBE SOUND 613 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
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, 2:09 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 117 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.