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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2009, 3:47 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 14, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2009, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2009, 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KMLB 140747 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 347 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-150000- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.090414T1400Z-090415T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE... ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND 347 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KELLY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KMLB 141717 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 117 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 FLZ041-044>046-141-144-147-150000- /O.EXA.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090415T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 117 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-150000- /O.CON.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090415T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE... ST CLOUD...VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND 117 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JP
000 WWUS72 KMLB 150002 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 802 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-150115- /O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090415T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 802 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOCATIONS FROM NEAR MELBOURNE THROUGH STUART ALONG THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE. OCCASIONAL GUSTS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 5:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 14, 10:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 10:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 11:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Apr 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 43 min | |
| Apr 14, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 13 hr |
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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.