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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 3, 2012, 9:39 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 4, 2012, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2012, 9:39 PM EST (02:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2012, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 2364 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WWUS42 KMFL 040239 WSWMFL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 939 PM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 FLZ068-072-074-168-172-173-041400- /O.NEW.KMFL.WC.Y.0002.120104T0500Z-120104T1400Z/ METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-METRO MIAMI DADE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALM SPRINGS...FLORIDA GARDENS... ABERDEEN...BOCA WEST...COCONUT CREEK...CORAL SPRINGS...TAMARAC... SUNRISE...PLANTATION...DAVIE...COOPER CITY...HOLLYWOOD... PEMBROKE PINES...MIRAMAR...MIAMI...MIAMI GARDENS...MIAMI LAKES... HIALEAH...DORAL...SOUTH MIAMI...KENDALL...CUTLER RIDGE... JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH... FORT LAUDERDALE...FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH...HOLLYWOOD BEACH... AVENTURA...MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI SHORES...DOWNTOWN MIAMI... CUTLER BAY...HOMESTEAD BAYFRONT PARK 939 PM EST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT MIDNIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE 30 TO 35 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS THE PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE METROPOLITAN AREAS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 10:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFL | 24 hr | |
| Jan 4, 4:12 AM EST | Frost Advisory | MFL | Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach | 29 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:12 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Glades | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:00 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MFL | Glades | 18 hr |
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.