Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2012, 4:46 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 26, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2012, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2012, 7:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:48 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110 WWUS72 KMLB 260846 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 446 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WEST OF HURRICANE SANDY... FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-270000- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.121026T1500Z-121027T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...OKEECHOBEE...CLERMONT 446 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACROSS AREA LAKES TODAY. ADDITIONALLY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE FALLING TREE LIMBS...BLOW LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AROUND...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ WEITLICH
1 follow-up statement
249 WWUS72 KMLB 262346 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 746 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE INLAND OVERNIGHT... FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-271200- /O.CAN.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.LW.Y.0024.121027T0000Z-121027T1200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...OKEECHOBEE...CLERMONT 746 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE TONIGHT AT 8 PM AS SCHEDULED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL GUST ABOVE 40 MPH IN OCCASIONAL SQUALLS. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACROSS AREA LAKES TODAY. ADDITIONALLY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE FALLING TREE LIMBS...BLOW LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AROUND...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 9 hr |
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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.