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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL

January 23, 20167 counties in Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 5:26 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL32 hr
Jan 23, 3:15 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMFLGlades, Hendry, Palm Beach18 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.