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Gale Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this gale warning at Feb 14, 2014, 2:44 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 15, 2014, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2014, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WHUS72 KMLB 141944 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 244 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 AMZ570-152100- /O.UPG.KMLB.SC.Y.0020.140215T0600Z-140215T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.GL.W.0004.140215T0900Z-140215T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SC.Y.0021.140215T2100Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 244 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT REACHING 25 TO 30 KNOTS OFFSHORE WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS TO 6 TO 9 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS BETWEEN 34 AND 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ555-152100- /O.EXA.KMLB.SI.Y.0003.140215T0900Z-140215T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- 244 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT REACHING AROUND 20 KNOTS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST SEAS FURTHER OFFSHORE...THOUGH SEAS BEYOND 15 NM MAY BUILD UP TO 6 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE FORECAST BUT SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 7 FEET. && $$ AMZ572-575-152100- /O.EXT.KMLB.SC.Y.0020.140215T0900Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 244 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... * WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT REACHING 25 TO 30 KNOTS OFFSHORE WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS TO 6 TO 8 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ550-552-152100- /O.CON.KMLB.SI.Y.0003.140215T0900Z-140215T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- 244 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... * WINDS AND SEAS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT REACHING 20 TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST SEAS FURTHER OFFSHORE...THOUGH SEAS BEYOND 15 NM MAY BUILD UP TO 6 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE FORECAST BUT SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 7 FEET. && $$
2 follow-up statements
377 WHUS72 KMLB 151840 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 140 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 AMZ570-160300- /O.CON.KMLB.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140215T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SC.Y.0021.140215T2100Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 140 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS AND SEAS...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH SLOWLY DECREASING SEAS TO 5 TO 7 FEET BY 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS BETWEEN 34 AND 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ550-552-555-152100- /O.CON.KMLB.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140215T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- 140 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS AND SEAS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 4 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE FORECAST BUT SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 7 FEET. && $$ AMZ572-575-160300- /O.CON.KMLB.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 140 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS AND SEAS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
109 WHUS72 KMLB 152102 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 402 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 AMZ570-160015- /O.EXP.KMLB.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140215T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.SC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 402 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS AND SEAS...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH SLOWLY DECREASING SEAS TO 5 TO 7 FEET BY 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ AMZ550-552-555-152215- /O.EXP.KMLB.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140215T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- 402 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FOR WINDS THIS EVENING. $$ AMZ572-575-160015- /O.CON.KMLB.SC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140216T0300Z/ WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 402 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS AND SEAS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 15
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 14, 9:27 AM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 9:27 AM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
927 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2014
.DISCUSSION...
A PLEASANT DAY AHEAD WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE FL
PENINSULA ACROSS THE GULF. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD WITH LIGHT
N/NW WINDS BECOMING W/SW INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT COOL AFTERNOON
TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...EXCEPT AROUND 70 ACROSS OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY WITH PLENTY OF SUN.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR WITH NO OBSTRUCTION TO CIGS OR VISIBILITY NEXT 24
HOURS.
&&
.MARINE...
LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME W/SW AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS WILL ALSO DECREASE TO 2-4 FEET. FAVORABLE BOATING CONDS WILL BE
SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS SW WINDS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE INTO
TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING DRY COLD FRONT. WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT
WL REACH UP TO 25-30 KNOTS OFFSHORE OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO GALE FORCE LATE IN THE NIGHT.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
TODAY...(PREVIOUS DISC) VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL
PRODUCE SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RH THIS AFTERNOON WITH MIN RH VALUES IN
THE 20S TO LOW 30S. HOWEVER LOW ERC VALUES FROM RECENT RAINS AND
RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS OUT OF THE W/SW WILL PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR
ANY RED FLAG WARNINGS.
&&
.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY
FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD
COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD
COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WATERS
FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR WATERS
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60
NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO
SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
&&
JP/ALMHazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 5:01 AM EST, 9 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 501 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-142300- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 501 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES TODAY. CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROL FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OCEAN HAZARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE CHILLY SURF. SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD...AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... FAVORABLE BOATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...HOWEVER THEY WILL BE SHORT LIVED. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WITH SPEEDS REACHING UP TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS OFFSHORE OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. THESE STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS UP TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OFFSHORE WATERS AND FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PRODUCE AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL REINFORCE THE DRIER AIR MASS OVER THE AREA WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. WEITLICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:25 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 40 hr | |
| Feb 14, 4:25 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MLB | 36 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:44 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 29 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.