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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL

November 4, 2013Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2013, 3:15 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 4, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2013, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 4, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 5, 2013, 12:09 AM EST
In force
5 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 20:16 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 12:00Z, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

341 
WWUS72 KMFL 042015
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
315 PM EST MON NOV 4 2013
 
FLZ168-172-173-050415-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.131105T0000Z-131105T1800Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...
BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
315 PM EST MON NOV 4 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH
  EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...AN EAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 25
  TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
973 
WWUS72 KMFL 050509
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1209 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2013

FLZ168-172-173-050615-
/O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-131105T1800Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...
BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
1209 AM EST TUE NOV 5 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING
AT AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH, WHICH IS BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA. ALTHOUGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY AFTER
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY, WIND SPEEDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO PREVAIL BELOW
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

GREGORIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 4:06 AM ESTCoastal Flood StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach39 hr
Nov 4, 3:09 PM ESTGale WarningMFL13 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.