Alert archive / Florida / Areal Flood Advisories in 2016
Areal Flood Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this areal flood advisory at Jan 28, 2016, 6:57 PM EST for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2016, 6:57 PM EST (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jan 28, 3:32 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:32 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 4:15 AM EST, 14 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 415 AM EST THU JAN 28 2016 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-290000- FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY- NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 415 AM EST THU JAN 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM AND TROUGH ALOFT WEST OF THE AREA WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT TODAY AND AID IN GENERATING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH A HIGHER CHANCE SOUTH OF A LAKE KISSIMMEE TO MELBOURNE LINE BY MID MORNING INTO AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE ACROSS OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST AS LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS INCREASE AND PROVIDE STORM ORGANIZATION. THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND A VERY LOW RISK OF STORMS WITH ROTATION THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO ACROSS OKEECHOBEE...MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES. .FLOOD IMPACT... AN AREA OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO AN INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES TODAY WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY WITH ANY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT DEVELOPS. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LONG PERIOD NORTHEAST SWELL WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. REMEMBER TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND DO NOT SWIM ALONE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS MOVING TOWARD THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE WATERS TODAY FROM THE WEST MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS TODAY AS THEY MOVE OFFSHORE MAINLY SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. .WATERSPOUT IMPACT... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET TODAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE INTO LATE EVENING WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION NEAR SHORE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT OFFSHORE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EARLY FRIDAY WILL KEEP SEAS ELEVATED ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS INTO THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE STATE SATURDAY WILL ALLOW WINDS AND SEAS TO SUBSIDE FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AT 3 2 1 2 5 5 0 2 1 2. VOLKMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:52 AM EST | Flood Watch | MLB | Okeechobee | 15 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:16 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 36 hr | |
| Jan 28, 11:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 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.