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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Miami, FL

October 27, 2016Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 27, 2016, 9:46 AM EDT for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2016, 9:46 AM EDT (13:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2016, 7:14 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WWUS72 KMFL 271346
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
946 AM EDT THU OCT 27 2016

FLZ168-172-173-272200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.161027T1346Z-161028T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...
BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
946 AM EDT THU OCT 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR GREATER.

* 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.

&&

$$

BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
752 
WWUS72 KMFL 271947
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
347 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016

FLZ168-172-173-280000-
/O.CON.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161028T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUPITER...WEST PALM BEACH...
BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...FORT LAUDERDALE
347 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR GREATER.

* 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.

&&

$$
201 
WWUS72 KMFL 272314
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
714 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016


FLZ168-172-173-280015-
/O.CAN.KMFL.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161028T0000Z/
COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-DADE-
714 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade63 min
Oct 27, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade62 min

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.