Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2012, 10:51 AM EST for Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2012, 10:51 AM EST (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2012, 12:58 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539 WWUS72 KMFL 031551 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1051 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...INLAND PALM BEACH... INLAND MONROE...INLAND BROWARD...AND INLAND AND FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... FLZ067-069>071-073-075-174-040000- /O.CON.KMFL.FZ.W.0001.120104T0400Z-120104T1400Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE... WELLINGTON...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE 1051 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE GULF COAST. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND CROPS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE COLD TEMPERATURES. TENDER PLANTS CAN BE KILLED AT THESE TEMPERATURES IF PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY...FOR ANY DURATION OF TIME. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ168-172-031800- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0001.120103T1551Z-120103T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH... BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 1051 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON * WINDS...FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTAL ZONE OF PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...MARINERS IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WITH STRONG WINDS AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MAKE SURE TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS AS THEY CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY WINDS THIS STRONG. && $$ FLZ063-066-040000- /O.CON.KMFL.HZ.A.0001.120104T0400Z-120104T1400Z/ GLADES-HENDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON 1051 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES COULD FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S OVER GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * DURATION...TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE POSSIBLE FOR 4 TO 8 HOURS ACROSS GLADES COUNTY AND 3 TO 6 HOURS ACROSS HENDRY COUNTY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE POSSIBLE...FOR A PERIOD OF 4 HOURS OR MORE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
673 WWUS72 KMFL 031758 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1258 PM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...INLAND PALM BEACH... INLAND MONROE...INLAND BROWARD...AND INLAND AND FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... FLZ168-172-031900- /O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH... BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 1258 PM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION ARE EXPECTED TO START SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS AND MARINERS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. $$ FLZ067-069>071-073-075-174-040200- /O.CON.KMFL.FZ.W.0001.120104T0400Z-120104T1400Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE... WELLINGTON...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE 1258 PM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE GULF COAST. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND CROPS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE COLD TEMPERATURES. TENDER PLANTS CAN BE KILLED AT THESE TEMPERATURES IF PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY...FOR ANY DURATION OF TIME. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ063-066-040200- /O.CON.KMFL.HZ.A.0001.120104T0400Z-120104T1400Z/ GLADES-HENDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON 1258 PM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES COULD FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S OVER GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * DURATION...TEMPERATURES 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE POSSIBLE FOR 4 TO 8 HOURS ACROSS GLADES COUNTY AND 3 TO 6 HOURS ACROSS HENDRY COUNTY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE POSSIBLE...FOR A PERIOD OF 4 HOURS OR MORE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:53 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 29 hr |
| Jan 3, 5:54 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 17 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:30 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 19 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.