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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Miami, FL

March 24, 20137 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2013, 8:39 AM EDT for 7 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 24, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2013, 8:39 AM EDT (12:39 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2013-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

305 
WWUS72 KMFL 241239
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
839 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013


FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-242300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0001.130324T1500Z-130324T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...PAHOKEE...
SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...
CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...
MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...
POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
839 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR GREATER WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH
  FLORIDA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND AND
  CAN MAKE HIGH SPEED TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALSO MAKE
  BOATING ON INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS VERY DANGEROUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS OVER 35 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.

&&

$$

BAXTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 5:09 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more3 hr
Mar 24, 9:00 AM EDTRip Current StatementMFLCollier23 hr
Mar 24, 9:07 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMFL10 hr
Mar 24, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades31 min
Mar 24, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades35 min
Mar 24, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades25 min
Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades35 min
Mar 24, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL63 min
Mar 24, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLGlades, Hendry30 min
Mar 24, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry29 min
Mar 24, 7:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL61 hr
Mar 24, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL64 min
Mar 24, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach25 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.