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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Miami, FL

June 26, 20124 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Jun 26, 2012, 3:22 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2012, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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, 7.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1748 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

110 
WWUS72 KMFL 261922
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
322 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FLZ067>069-071>074-168-172>174-270000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.120626T1922Z-120627T0000Z/
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-
METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...
WELLINGTON...NAPLES...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
322 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF
  40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE NEED TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS THAT COULD BLOWN
  AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...AND HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES NEED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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
920 
WWUS72 KMFL 262257
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
657 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FLZ067>069-071>074-168-172>174-270000-
/O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120627T0000Z/
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-
METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...
WELLINGTON...NAPLES...CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...
WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
657 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 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 NO LONGER OCCURRING. THEREFORE, THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades31 min
Jun 26, 7:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades30 min
Jun 26, 9:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry27 min
Jun 26, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL46 min
Jun 26, 12:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier29 min
Jun 26, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL54 min
Jun 26, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL92 min
Jun 26, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry51 min
Jun 26, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL40 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jun 26, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward44 min
Jun 26, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward, Palm Beach41 min
Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL66 min
Jun 26, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward31 min

Nearby

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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.