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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 9, 20166 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2016, 4:20 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 9, 2016, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2016, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2016, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 9, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-02-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

779 
WWUS72 KMLB 090920
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
420 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-092300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0003.160209T1600Z-160209T2300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEBARY...DELAND...DELTONA...EUSTIS...
MOUNT DORA...LEESBURG...TAVARES...APOPKA...MAITLAND...ORLANDO...
WINTER PARK...UNION PARK...ALTAMONTE SPRINGS...CASSELBERRY...
OVIEDO...SANFORD...WINTER SPRINGS....MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...
ROCKLEDGE...CELEBRATION...KISSIMMEE...SAINT CLOUD...SEBASTIAN...
VERO BEACH...BASINGER...FORT DRUM...OKEECHOBEE...
PORT SAINT LUCIE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...JENSEN BEACH...
PORT SALERNO...STUART...DAYTONA BEACH...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...
ORMOND BEACH...CLERMONT...MASCOTTE...GROVELAND...COCOA...
TITUSVILLE
420 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH IN THE
  LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES 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 COULD BE SNAPPED AND KNOCKED DOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...BOATING ON
INLAND WATERS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

WEITLICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 4:25 AM ESTRip Current StatementMLBVolusia14 hr
Feb 9, 2:49 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia13 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Florida, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016

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.