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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 22, 20176 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2017, 3:51 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 22, 2017, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2017, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2017, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 23, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
In force
14 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 08:54 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, 8.9 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 2017-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

570 
WWUS72 KMLB 220851
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
351 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-222300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.170122T1500Z-170122T2300Z/
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
351 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. SMALL
  TREE LIMBS MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN. VERY HAZARDOUS BOATING
  CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH AND/OR GUSTS
OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
804 
WWUS72 KMLB 222043
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
343 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-230500-
/O.EXT.KMLB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0500Z/
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
343 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. 
  SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN. VERY HAZARDOUS BOATING 
  CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH AND/OR GUSTS
OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 4:10 AM ESTGale WarningMLB43 hr
Jan 22, 4:10 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB66 hr
Jan 22, 3:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake54 min
Jan 22, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange66 min
Jan 22, 6:03 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange42 min
Jan 22, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia66 min
Jan 22, 6:41 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake34 min
Jan 22, 6:44 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake, Volusia46 min
Jan 22, 6:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Seminole42 min
Jan 22, 6:55 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia20 min

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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.