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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Key West, FL

January 6, 2014Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 6, 2014, 10:59 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2014, 10:59 PM EST (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

257 
WWUS72 KKEY 070359
NPWKEY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1059 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014

FLZ078-070900-
/O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0001.140107T0359Z-140107T0900Z/
MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY WEST
1059 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
EST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER FLORIDA
  KEYS THROUGH 400 AM.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 40
  MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF
YOUR VEHICLE. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. 
&&

$$

KASPER
1 follow-up statement
883 
WWUS72 KKEY 070906
NPWKEY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
406 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

FLZ078-071015-
/O.EXP.KKEY.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T0900Z/
MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY WEST
406 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

SINCE SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE SLACKENED TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER
KEYS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

APA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 4:46 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryKEY23 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.