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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 13, 2016Volusia County, Florida

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1339 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia55 min
Sep 13, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 min
Sep 13, 10:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB85 min
Sep 13, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia62 min
Sep 13, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Sep 13, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia61 min
Sep 13, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Sep 13, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Sep 13, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard25 min
Sep 13, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River47 min
Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDTGale WarningMLB8 hr
Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB15 hr
Sep 13, 3:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard117 min
Sep 13, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 min
Sep 13, 4:15 PM EDTWind AdvisoryMLBVolusia5 hr
Sep 13, 6:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOrange, Osceola3 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.