Alert archive / Florida / Wind Chill Advisories in 2012
Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 11, 2012, 3:46 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 12, 2012, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2012, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1875 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
608 WWUS42 KMFL 110846 WSWMFL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 346 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...COLD AIR AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... FLZ063-066-067-070-112100- /O.NEW.KMFL.WC.Y.0003.120212T0800Z-120212T1400Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE 346 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY, INLAND COLLIER, AND INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 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 YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
776 WWUS42 KMFL 111942 WSWMFL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 242 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 FLZ063-066-067-070-121400- /O.CON.KMFL.WC.Y.0003.120212T0800Z-120212T1400Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE 242 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES, AND FROM 30 TO 35 DEGREES ACROSS INLAND COLLIER AND INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
770 WWUS42 KMFL 120159 WSWMFL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 859 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 FLZ063-066-067-070-121400- /O.CON.KMFL.WC.Y.0003.120212T0800Z-120212T1400Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE 859 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES...AND FROM 30 TO 35 DEGREES ACROSS INLAND COLLIER AND INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 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. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES IF VENTURING OUTDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ GREGORIA
757 WWUS42 KMFL 121358 WSWMFL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 858 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 FLZ063-066-067-070-121500- /O.EXP.KMFL.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120212T1400Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE 858 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW 35 DEGREES HAS ENDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:02 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 28 min | |
| Feb 11, 2:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Feb 11, 2:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MFL | Miami-Dade | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 3:22 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 23 min | |
| Feb 11, 3:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 59 hr | |
| Feb 11, 3:40 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MFL | 35 min | |
| Feb 11, 2:50 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Glades | 24 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.