Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2011, 3:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735 WWUS72 KMFL 311600 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1200 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 FLZ069-312300- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0001.110331T1600Z-110331T2300Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NAPLES 1200 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE OBSERVATIONS AT NAPLES REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR METRO AREAS OF COLLIER COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH 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. && $$ BAXTER
1 follow-up statement
025 WWUS72 KMFL 311934 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 334 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 FLZ069-312045- /O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110331T2300Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NAPLES 334 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NOW PREVAILING IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE. AS SUCH...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:09 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 8 hr | |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 29 min |
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.