Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2012, 4:49 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 22, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2012, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2012, 4:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
306 WWUS72 KMFL 220849 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 449 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 FLZ069-072>075-172>174-230000- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0003.120422T1500Z-120423T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPLES...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE... DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH... POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 449 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE NEED TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS THAT COULD GET BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS TODAY...AND HIGH PROVIDE VEHICLES NEED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
331 WWUS72 KMFL 222023 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 423 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 FLZ069-072>075-172>174-222130- /O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120423T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPLES...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE... DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH... POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 423 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA AND FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE NOT OCCURRING. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward | 74 min |
| Apr 22, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 53 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 1:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 64 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 62 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 38 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Hendry | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 106 min | |
| Apr 22, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 60 min | |
| Apr 22, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 83 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 54 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 44 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 63 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 31 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.