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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Key West, FL

February 12, 2012Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2012, 3:37 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 12, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2012, 3:37 AM EST (08:37 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 12, 2012, 11:08 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

155 
WWUS72 KKEY 120837
NPWKEY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
337 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012

FLZ076-077-121645-
/O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0001.120212T0900Z-120212T1700Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON
337 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
  KEYS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING...THE DECREASE THROUGH
  THE AFTERNOON. THE PEAK IN WINDS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER
  SUNRISE.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
  35 TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE
  WIND ADVISORY AREA. REMAIN ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS WHICH MAY CAUSE
  DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. WINDS WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY STRONG AND GUSTY ON OUR HIGH BRIDGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF
YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
610 
WWUS72 KKEY 121608
NPWKEY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1108 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012

FLZ076-077-121715-
/O.CAN.KKEY.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120212T1700Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON
1108 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

$$

KASPER

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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.