Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:19 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:54 AM EST | Gale Watch | JAX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:23 PM EST | Gale Warning | JAX | 30 hr |
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.