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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 3:43 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 17, 2016, 2:27 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2016, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2016, 2:27 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
562 WWUS72 KKEY 162043 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 343 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 FLZ076>078-171800- /O.NEW.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.160117T1200Z-160117T1800Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 343 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WILL FREQUENTLY GUST TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ASIDE FROM THE DIFFICULTIES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN HIGH WINDS...THE TALL AND HIGH BRIDGES ALONG THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
108 WWUS72 KKEY 170727 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 227 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ076>078-171800- /O.EXT.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.160117T0727Z-160117T1800Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 227 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...TOWARD DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON IN WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL PREVAIL THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ASIDE FROM THE DIFFICULTIES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN HIGH WINDS...THE TALL AND HIGH BRIDGES ALONG THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BS
996 WWUS72 KKEY 171542 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1042 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ076>078-171800- /O.CON.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 1042 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME NORTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ASIDE FROM THE DIFFICULTIES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN HIGH WINDS...THE TALL AND HIGH BRIDGES ALONG THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
904 WWUS72 KKEY 171740 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1240 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ076>078-172100- /O.EXT.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T2100Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 1240 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST...THEN DECREASE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. * IMPACTS...ASIDE FROM THE DIFFICULTIES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN HIGH WINDS...THE HIGHER ELEVATION BRIDGES ALONG THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
897 WWUS72 KKEY 172056 NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 356 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ076>078-172200- /O.CAN.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T2100Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 356 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING MAINLY NORTH AND DECREASING FURTHER TO 15 TO 20 MPH. $$ JR
701 WWUS72 KKEY 172056 CCA NPWKEY URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 356 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ076>078-172200- /O.COR.KKEY.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T2100Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 356 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 CORRECTED FOR TIME STAMP ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING MAINLY NORTH AND DECREASING FURTHER TO 15 TO 20 MPH. $$ JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 4:08 PM EST | Gale Warning | KEY | 24 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 20 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.