Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2009, 11:33 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2009, 11:33 AM EDT (15:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- 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 15:35 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 071533 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1133 AM EDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...GUSTY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-080000- /O.CAN.KMLB.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.090407T1533Z-090408T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 1133 AM EDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED NEAR 25 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SEDLOCK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KMLB 072351 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 751 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-080100- /O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090408T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 751 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE DECREASING WITH LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING...ESPECIALLY THE WIND GUSTS. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH LATE TONIGHT. $$ KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:45 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 38 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.