Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2016, 6:59 AM EST for 7 counties in Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2016, 6:59 AM EST (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 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 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
493 WWUS72 KMFL 231159 NPWMFL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 659 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-232000- /O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.160123T1159Z-160124T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE... CORAL SPRINGS...SUNRISE...DAVIE...HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES... MIAMI...HIALEAH...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON... POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE 659 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND EMPTY TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SMALL TREE LIMBS AND NUMEROUS PALM FRONDS WILL BE SNAPPED AND KNOCKED DOWN. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 5:26 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 32 hr | |
| Jan 23, 3:15 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MFL | Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 18 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.