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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 8:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 37 min |
| Jan 24, 6:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 48 min |
| Jan 24, 7:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 89 min | |
| Jan 24, 7:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 42 min |
Nearby
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.