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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 24, 20156 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2015, 3:37 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 24, 2015, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2015, 3:37 AM EST (08:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 24, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

057 
WWUS72 KMLB 240837
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
337 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015


FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-242300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.150124T1100Z-150124T2300Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...
VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...
DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE
337 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  INTO 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
1 follow-up statement
631 
WWUS72 KMLB 242324
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
624 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2015


FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-250030-
/O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150124T2300Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...
VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...
DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE
624 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2015

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 20 MPH ACROSS ALL OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 8:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler49 min
Jan 24, 6:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River37 min
Jan 24, 6:42 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola48 min
Jan 24, 7:31 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB89 min
Jan 24, 7:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard40 min
Jan 24, 8:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River42 min

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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.