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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 23, 20176 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2017, 3:15 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 23, 2017, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2017, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 23, 2017, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 23, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
In force
8 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 08:17 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 838 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 2017-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

124 
WWUS72 KMLB 230815
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
315 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-232300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.170123T1500Z-170123T2300Z/
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
315 AM EST MON JAN 23 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...WEST WINDS 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 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, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole60 min
Jan 22, 7:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB63 min
Jan 22, 7:19 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole, Volusia41 min
Jan 22, 7:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Volusia64 min
Jan 22, 7:29 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia31 min
Jan 22, 7:51 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia39 min
Jan 22, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia37 min
Jan 22, 8:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jan 22, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia61 min
Jan 22, 8:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange54 min
Jan 22, 8:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Osceola46 min
Jan 22, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola50 min
Jan 22, 9:28 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard32 min
Jan 22, 9:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola47 min
Jan 22, 9:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River, Osceola91 min
Jan 22, 10:07 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard23 min
Jan 22, 10:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Jan 23, 12:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie24 min
Jan 23, 12:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin35 min
Jan 23, 1:14 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 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.