Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Aug 22, 2008, 11:32 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2008, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 1532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KMLB 221532 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1132 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-222200- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.080822T1532Z-080822T2200Z/ 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 1132 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN ANY SHOWERS OR SQUALLS THAT MOVE THROUGH. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WEITLICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 31 hr | |
| Aug 21, 11:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:15 AM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 59 days |
| Aug 22, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 68 days |
| Aug 22, 12:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Seminole | 44 days |
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.