Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2009, 3:09 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2009, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KMLB 061909 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 309 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-070000- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.090406T1909Z-090407T0000Z/ 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 309 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KELLY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KMLB 062356 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 756 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-070100- /O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090407T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 756 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 30 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.