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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL

March 2, 20105 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2010, 3:47 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 2, 2010, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2010, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2010, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 2, 2010, 1:55 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2010-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2010-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

481 
WWUS72 KMFL 020847
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
347 AM EST TUE MAR 2 2010

FLZ068-069-072-074-075-168-172>174-030300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.100302T1500Z-100303T0300Z/
METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPLES...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...
DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
347 AM EST TUE MAR 2 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING FOR EAST COAST METRO AREAS AND METRO WEST COAST AREAS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SET UP OVER THE METRO AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS
EVENING...WITH WIND SPEEDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE METRO AREAS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOR LATE
THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MAKE SURE TO SECURE LOOSE
OBJECTS AS THEY CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY WINDS THIS STRONG.

&&

$$

BAXTER
1 follow-up statement
851 
WWUS72 KMFL 021855
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
155 PM EST TUE MAR 2 2010

FLZ068-069-072-074-075-168-172>174-022000-
/O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100303T0300Z/
METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPLES...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...
DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
155 PM EST TUE MAR 2 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ARE PREVAILING AT AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS IS NOT MEETING THE LOCAL WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA...WHICH IS EITHER SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER. FOR THIS REASON...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

GREGORIA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:10 AM ESTGale WarningMFL27 hr
Mar 2, 4:10 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL49 hr
Mar 2, 4:15 AM ESTCoastal Flood WatchMFLCollier9 hr
Mar 2, 8:24 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Mar 2, 10:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL52 min
Mar 2, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL58 min
Mar 2, 12:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe23 min
Mar 2, 12:36 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Mar 2, 12:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward23 min
Mar 2, 1:14 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementMFLCollier21 hr

Nearby

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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.