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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL

October 8, 2011Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 8, 2011, 12:17 PM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2011, 12:17 PM EDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2011, 4:04 AM EDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

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

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

217 
WWUS72 KMFL 081617
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1217 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-090900-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.111008T1617Z-111009T0900Z/
METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
1217 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY.

* EVENT...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH, WITH FREQUENT
  GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
  EVENING HOURS, ALTHOUGH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME IN SQUALLS.

* IMPACTS...SOME TREES MAY BE DOWNED, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
  INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUND. SOME POWER OUTAGES AND MINOR
  DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 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.

&&

$$

MJB

2 follow-up statements

761 
WWUS72 KMFL 081909
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
309 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-090900-
/O.CON.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111009T0900Z/
METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
309 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* EVENT...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH FREQUENT
  GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS
  EVENING, ALTHOUGH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
  ANY TIME IN SQUALLS.

* IMPACTS...SOME TREES MAY BE DOWNED...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
  INCREASINGLY SATURATED GROUND. POWER OUTAGES AND MINOR DAMAGE
  ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 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.

&&

$$

244 
WWUS72 KMFL 090804
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
404 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011

FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-090915-
/O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111009T0900Z/
METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
404 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST. 

IT WILL CONTINUE WINDY THIS MORNING...BUT GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO BE FREQUENT. GIVEN THIS AND THE EXPECTED
SLACKENING OF THE WINDS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...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
Oct 7, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	21 min
Oct 7, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		27 min
Oct 7, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	24 min
Oct 7, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	118 min
Oct 7, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		53 min
Oct 7, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		17 min
Oct 7, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	30 min
Oct 7, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	41 min
Oct 7, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		86 min
Oct 7, 10:09 PM EDT	Flood Watch	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	46 hr
Oct 7, 10:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	81 min
Oct 7, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	38 min
Oct 7, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	19 min
Oct 7, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	34 min
Oct 7, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		87 min
Oct 7, 11:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	22 min
Oct 7, 11:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	53 min
Oct 7, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	23 min
Oct 7, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		2 hr
Oct 8, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	27 min
Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	79 min
Oct 8, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	30 min
Oct 8, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	19 min
Oct 8, 12:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	61 min
Oct 8, 4:51 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MFL		8 hr
Oct 8, 4:51 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MFL		8 hr
Oct 8, 4:55 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MFL	Palm Beach	39 hr
Oct 8, 4:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		35 min
Oct 8, 5:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Palm Beach	30 min
Oct 8, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		90 min
Oct 8, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Broward	59 min
Oct 8, 11:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		56 min
Oct 8, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	52 min
Oct 8, 12:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MFL	Miami-Dade	2 hr
Oct 8, 12:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MFL	Miami-Dade	55 min
Oct 8, 12:37 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MFL		25 hr
Oct 8, 12:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	52 min
Oct 8, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		55 min
Oct 8, 2:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MFL	Miami-Dade	6 hr
Oct 8, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MFL		58 min

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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.