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Small Craft Advisory 28, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 27, 2015

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this small craft advisory at Mar 27, 2015, 4:35 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 27, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2015, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

The text

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

269 
WHUS72 KMLB 270835
MWWMLB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
435 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015


AMZ570-572-575-272100-
/O.EXT.KMLB.SI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150327T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.SC.Y.0028.150327T2100Z-150328T2100Z/
FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-
435 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM EDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS AND SEAS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS TODAY
  WILL INCREASE 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND
  BECOME NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 FEET
  WELL OFFSHORE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AMZ550-552-555-272100-
/O.EXB.KMLB.SI.Y.0009.150327T2100Z-150328T1500Z/
FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-
435 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE NEAR 20 KNOTS THIS
  AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
849 
WHUS72 KMLB 271953
MWWMLB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
353 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

AMZ570-572-575-281500-
/O.CON.KMLB.SI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150327T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMLB.SC.Y.0028.150327T2100Z-150328T2100Z/
FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-
353 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT
SATURDAY...

* WINDS AND SEAS...WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE
  TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD
  TO 8 FEET WELL OFFSHORE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AMZ550-552-555-281500-
/O.CON.KMLB.SI.Y.0009.150327T2100Z-150328T1500Z/
FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-
353 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
EDT SATURDAY...

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO
  25 KNOTS THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 26, 9:25 PM EDT, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 9:25 PM EDT, 7 hours 10 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
925 PM EDT THU MAR 26 2015

...ORGANIZED STORMS WITH THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AFTER DAYBREAK
ON FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION... A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSING SINCE THE
AFTN HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR FAST MOVING CONVECTION ALONG WITH SOME
SEVERE HAIL...WIND AND EVEN A WATERSPOUT OCCURRENCE...ALL ALONG THE
TREASURE COAST.

CURRENT ACTIVITY ASCD WITH A SECONDARY PASSING WAVE HAS WEAKENED
ALONG WITH AN OBSERVED DECREASE IN LIGHTNING AFTER HAVING MOVED
ASHORE THE GULF COAST AT DUSK. SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A
STORM OF TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND PRE-DAWN
HOURS WHILE CONSIDERING THE INCRSG UPR WINDS AND RELATIVELY BUOYANT
ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE.

THE MAIN CONVECTIVE EVENT SHOULD COMMENCE FOR ECFL AFTER DAYBREAK
FRIDAY FROM WEST TO EAST AS PRONOUNCED BAROCLINIC FORCING ASCD WITH
APCH OF A STRONG JET JUST NORTH OF THE REGION INCREASES RAIN AND
THUNDER CHCS MARKEDLY. EVOLUTION TOWARD A FAIRLY UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND
PROFILE WITH APCH OF THE JET MAXIMA WL FAVOR LOCALLY STRONG TO
SEVERE CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH POSSIBLY SEVERE DOWNBURST
WINDS AND HAIL.

AN ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE LINE APPEARS REALISTIC TO IMPACT THE ECFL
AREA ROUGHLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PERSONS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REMAIN ALERT
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND OR WARNINGS.

&&

.AVIATION...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED STORM OF TWO IS EXPECTED TO PUSH
INLAND FROM THE GULF OVERNIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND N OF KISM-KCOF. MAIN
ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS IS EXPECTED ON FRI AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT. BEST ESTIMATES ARE FOR THE CHANCE TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN
TERMINALS UNTIL AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN IN THE SOUTH DURING THE LATE
MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...
TONIGHT-FRI...SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR TO HAZARDOUS
BOATING CONDITIONS. CAUTION STATEMENTS IN PLACE OVER THE OUTER
WATERS FOR THE INCRSD GRADIENT OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED STORMS WILL AFFECT THE WATERS. SINCE THEY WILL BE FAST
MOVING...SOME WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS 35 KNOTS OR GREATER.

&&

.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.

&&

JP/PG
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 8:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
840 PM EDT THU MAR 26 2015

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-280900-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM-SEBASTIAN
INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD
COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET
20-60 NM-SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-INLAND VOLUSIA
COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA
COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
840 PM EDT THU MAR 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL PUSH DOWN THE WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA FRIDAY NIGHT.
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ON FRIDAY. THE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AS THEY PASS. A FEW STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL THE
SIZE OF COINS. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED
OF THE WEATHER ON FRIDAY.

A RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEEK AS A LONG
PERIOD SWELL IMPACTS THE EAST FLORIDA COAST.

POOR CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND BEHIND THE
FRONT AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS FRESHEN TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH
BUILDING SEAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

GLITTO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
333 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

FLZ045-046-270800-
ORANGE FL-SEMINOLE FL-
333 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ORANGE AND SOUTHERN SEMINOLE
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT...

AT 332 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS
OVER OAK RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS CELL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORLANDO...KISSIMMEE...OCOEE...OVIEDO AND WINTER SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 2853 8156 2873 8120 2841 8099 2834 8142
      2835 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 261DEG 51KT 2844 8142

KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 10:10 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMLB37 hr
Mar 27, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange27 min
Mar 27, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin41 min
Mar 27, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB112 min
Mar 27, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB112 min
Mar 27, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin45 min
Mar 27, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola38 min
Mar 27, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange35 min
Mar 27, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole26 min
Mar 27, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 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.