Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Key West, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:46 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.