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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 26, 20156 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2015, 4:36 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 26, 2015, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2015, 4:36 AM EST (09:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 26, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 26, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
In force
9 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 09:38 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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 2015-01-26Temperature 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

932 
WWUS72 KMLB 260936
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
436 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND MOST RECENT STRONG COLD
FRONT...


FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-270000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.150126T1500Z-150127T0000Z/
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
436 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE THIS MORNING AND
  CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

* 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 EARLY THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

SEDLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:42 AM ESTGale WarningMLB23 hr
Jan 26, 4:42 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB23 hr

Nearby

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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.