Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Sep 13, 2016, 11:15 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2016, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
156 WWUS72 KMLB 131515 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1115 AM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 FLZ141-132000- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0006.160913T1515Z-160913T2000Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTONA BEACH...NEW SMYRNA BEACH... ORMOND BEACH 1115 AM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY. * WINDS...ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND AND ALSO MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS AND INLAND LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 15
1 follow-up statement
719 WWUS72 KMLB 132015 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 415 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 FLZ141-140200- /O.EXP.KMLB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160913T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0007.160913T2015Z-160914T0200Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTONA BEACH...NEW SMYRNA BEACH... ORMOND BEACH 415 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS NEAR THE COAST WILL REACH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND AND ALSO MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS AND INLAND LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 3:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 55 min |
| Sep 13, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 97 min | |
| Sep 13, 10:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| Sep 13, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Sep 13, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 13, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 61 min |
| Sep 13, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 13, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 25 min |
| Sep 13, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 47 min |
| Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MLB | 8 hr | |
| Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 15 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard | 117 min |
| Sep 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 min | |
| Sep 13, 4:15 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 5 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 3 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.