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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 3, 20127 counties in Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 3:10 PM EST for 7 counties in Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2012, 3:10 PM EST (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

963 
WWUS72 KJAX 032010
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
310 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-040100-
/O.CAN.KJAX.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KJAX.WI.Y.0003.120303T2010Z-120304T0100Z/
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-
ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...
MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER...
STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON...
GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA
310 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE
LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE MAGNITUDES OF WINDS AND GUSTS CAN MAKE DRIVING
  DANGEROUS ON BRIDGES AND BOATING DANGEROUS ON INLAND WATERWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH
ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH OR
GREATER AT ANY TIME. 

MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE
WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. 

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILES VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION
UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. 

STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...
AND DOWN POWER LINES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE TRASH CANS...
LAWN FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
WEATHER.

&&

$$

GAZ153-154-165-166-032115-
/O.CAN.KJAX.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/
INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUNSWICK...WOODBINE...ST MARYS
310 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE
LAKE WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AREA.

$$
1 follow-up statement
351 
WWUS72 KJAX 040109
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
809 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012


FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-040215-
/O.EXP.KJAX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120304T0100Z/
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-
ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...
MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER...
STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON...
GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA
809 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:19 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryJAXBaker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more13 hr
Mar 3, 3:54 AM ESTGale WatchJAX11 hr
Mar 3, 3:23 PM ESTGale WarningJAX30 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Florida, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.