Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at May 19, 2009, 7:39 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at May 19, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2009, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2009, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 192339 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 739 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009 FLZ141-147-201400- /O.CAN.KMLB.LW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.090520T0000Z-090520T1400Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTONA BEACH...TITUSVILLE 739 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTY COAST TONIGHT. 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. && $$ FLZ047-201400- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.090520T0000Z-090520T1400Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY 739 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTY COAST TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 67
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KMLB 201221 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 821 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 FLZ047-141-147-202000- /O.EXT.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090520T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH... TITUSVILLE 821 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTY COAST AGAIN TODAY. 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. && $$ SEDLOCK
000 WWUS72 KMLB 201500 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1100 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...GUSTY EAST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... FLZ047-141-147-202000- /O.CAN.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090520T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0011.090520T1500Z-090520T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH... TITUSVILLE 1100 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE GUSTY EAST WINDS ALONG THE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTY COAST AGAIN TODAY. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AND BECOME GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. && $$ FLZ041-045-046-202000- /O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0011.090520T1500Z-090520T2000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-ORANGE-SEMINOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...ORLANDO...SANFORD 1100 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OFF OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE GUSTY EAST WINDS ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AND BECOME GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. && $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:28 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MLB | Volusia | 33 hr |
| May 19, 5:24 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| May 19, 9:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 3 days |
| May 19, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 3 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.