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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 7, 2015Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2015, 3:18 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2015, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2015, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 8, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

480 
WWUS72 KMLB 072018
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
318 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015

...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND COLD FRONT LATE
TONIGHT...

FLZ047-141-147-081700-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.150108T0300Z-150108T1700Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH...
TITUSVILLE
318 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE THIS
  EVENING TO AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE SMALL TREES AND BLOW AROUND
  LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE.
  THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
  NAVIGATION ON LAKES AND INLAND WATERWAYS THROUGH THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MOSES
1 follow-up statement
901 
WWUS72 KMLB 081655
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1155 AM EST THU JAN 8 2015


FLZ047-141-147-082100-
/O.EXT.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...DAYTONA BEACH...
TITUSVILLE
1155 AM EST THU JAN 8 2015

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 35
  MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
  SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR NAVIGATION ON LAKES AND
  INLAND WATERWAYS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 4:33 AM ESTGale WarningMLB31 hr
Jan 7, 4:33 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB42 hr
Jan 7, 9:46 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia24 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.