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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 4:25 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 14 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:49 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 13 hr |
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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.