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Small Craft Advisory 28, NWS Melbourne, FL
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
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 10:10 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MLB | 37 hr | |
| Mar 27, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 min | |
| Mar 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 min | |
| Mar 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 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.