Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2012, 4:34 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2012, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2012, 11:44 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188 WWUS72 KKEY 252034 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 434 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2012 FLZ076-260845- /O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0003.121025T2034Z-121026T2100Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO 434 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE CURRENTLY IMPACTING THE UPPER KEYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE SANDY. PEAK WINDS SHOULD EXTEND THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 39 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. REMAIN ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS WHICH CAN CAUSE A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRONG AND GUSTY ON HIGHER BRIDGES WITH WIDER SPANS OVER WATER. 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.USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BWC
1 follow-up statement
197 WWUS72 KKEY 261544 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 FLZ076-261645- /O.CAN.KKEY.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121026T2100Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO 1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DECREASE IN SPEED AND FREQUENCY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 65 min | |
| Oct 24, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 51 min | |
| Oct 24, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 56 min | |
| Oct 25, 5:50 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | KEY | 30 hr | |
| Oct 25, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 60 min | |
| Oct 25, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 59 min | |
| Oct 25, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 58 min | |
| Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 60 min | |
| Oct 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 65 min |
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.