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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 12, 2011, 3:50 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 12, 2011, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2011, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2011, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
702 WWUS42 KMLB 122050 WSWMLB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 350 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A LARGE OCEAN STORM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE COLD AIR INTO THE REGION ON NORTHERLY WINDS. FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-131500- /O.NEW.KMLB.WC.Y.0002.110113T0300Z-110113T1500Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 350 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE COAST. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 DEGREES OVERNIGHT WITH BRIEFLY LOWER VALUES POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR NORTH OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS....DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
701 WWUS42 KMLB 130833 WSWMLB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 333 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-131500- /O.CON.KMLB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1500Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 333 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE REGION AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST LOCATIONS BY DAYBREAK. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS INLAND VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS THE ORLANDO METRO...BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY WARMER ACROSS MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES...AND WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S BY SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO WARM AGAIN THIS MORNING AND WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 30S IN THE COLDEST LOCATIONS THROUGH MID MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS....DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MOSES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:18 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 23 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:29 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 29 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:41 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake | 16 hr |
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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.