Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 2:40 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140 WWUS72 KMLB 040740 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 240 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON... .WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY AFTER PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-041545- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.120304T1400Z-120304T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD... VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND... DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE 240 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES AFTER PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL FIRST DEVELOP NORTH OF ORLANDO AND COCOA BEACH BY MID MORNING...AND BY LATE MORNING FOR AREAS FARTHER SOUTH. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LOOSE OBJECTS ABOUT AND WILL BUFFET HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHEN CROSSING ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS CAUSEWAYS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE BOATING ON INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATING ON INLAND LAKES AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ SPRATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:59 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:59 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 85 min |
| Mar 4, 5:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 4, 5:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 54 min |
| Mar 4, 5:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 83 min | |
| Mar 4, 5:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 18 min |
| Mar 4, 5:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 31 min |
| Mar 4, 6:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 86 min |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 4, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee | 46 min |
| Mar 4, 7:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 46 min |
| Mar 4, 8:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 93 min |
| Mar 4, 8:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 107 min |
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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.