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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:42 AM EST | Gale Warning | MLB | 23 hr | |
| Jan 26, 4:42 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 23 hr |
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.