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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2016, 2:35 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 2:35 AM EST (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 07:35 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, 7.6 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
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
578 WWUS72 KMLB 240735 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 235 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-242300- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.160224T1400Z-160224T2300Z/ 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 235 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BECOMING WEST LATE IN THE DAY. * IMPACTS...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 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...BOATING ON INLAND LAKES AND INTRACOASTAL WATERS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ KELLY
1 follow-up statement
103 WWUS72 KMLB 242305 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 605 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-250015- /O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE- SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE- MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEBARY...DELAND...DELTONA...EUSTIS... MOUNT DORA...LEESBURG...TAVARES...APOPKA...MAITLAND...ORLANDO... WINTER PARK...UNION PARK...ALTAMONTE SPRINGS...CASSELBERRY... OVIEDO...SANFORD...WINTER SPRINGS....MELBOURNE...PALM BAY... ROCKLEDGE...CELEBRATION...KISSIMMEE...SAINT CLOUD...SEBASTIAN... VERO BEACH...BASINGER...FORT DRUM...OKEECHOBEE... PORT SAINT LUCIE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...JENSEN BEACH... PORT SALERNO...STUART...DAYTONA BEACH...NEW SMYRNA BEACH... ORMOND BEACH...CLERMONT...MASCOTTE...GROVELAND...COCOA... TITUSVILLE 605 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING PRODUCING OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. $$ WEITLICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:15 AM EST | Gale Warning | MLB | 31 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 12:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 12:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 12:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 14 min |
| Feb 24, 1:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 2:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Feb 24, 2:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 10 min |
| Feb 24, 2:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 52 min | |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 3:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 93 min |
| Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 min | |
| Feb 24, 5:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 5:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 40 hr |
Nearby
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.