Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this wind advisory at Dec 12, 2010, 3:35 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 12, 2010, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2010, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2010, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2010, 1:01 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
781 WWUS72 KKEY 122035 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 335 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 FLZ076>078-130445- /O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.101213T0200Z-101214T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 335 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN THIS EVENING...IN THE WAKE OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WHICH IS PRESENTLY APPROACHING THE KEYS FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING CONTINUING OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. WIND IMPACTS WILL BE STRONGEST ON BRIDGES AND UN SHELTERED ROAD SECTIONS...AS WELL AS ON THE EXPOSED NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHORES OF THE KEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FUTTERMAN
3 follow-up statements
769 WWUS72 KKEY 130308 AAA NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1008 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 FLZ076>078-131100- /O.CON.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101214T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 1008 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WHICH IS PRESENTLY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS OVERNIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. WIND IMPACTS WILL BE STRONGEST ON BRIDGES AND UN SHELTERED ROAD SECTIONS...AS WELL AS ON THE EXPOSED NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHORES OF THE KEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAH
160 WWUS72 KKEY 130914 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 414 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 FLZ076>078-131715- /O.CON.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101214T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 414 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN TODAY. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WIND IMPACTS WILL BE STRONGEST ON BRIDGES AND UNSHELTERED ROAD SECTIONS...AS WELL AS ON THE EXPOSED NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHORES OF THE KEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ APA
708 WWUS72 KKEY 131801 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 101 PM EST MON DEC 13 2010 FLZ076>078-131915- /O.CAN.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101214T0000Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 101 PM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. $$ FUTTERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:32 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 11 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:38 PM EST | Gale Warning | KEY | 33 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.