Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2008, 9:14 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 19, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2008, 9:14 AM EDT (13:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 13:15 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 191314 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 914 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-192115- /O.CAN.KMLB.LW.Y.0010.080319T1400Z-080320T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.080319T1400Z-080320T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 914 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS UPGRADED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. REMEMBER THAT WATER TEMPERATURES ARE STILL COOL WHICH CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF YOU ARE FORCED OVERBOARD. IN ADDITION...SUCH WINDS WILL CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS DUE TO THE CROSSWIND. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:33 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 6 hr |
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.