Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2018, 8:45 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2018, 8:45 PM EST (01:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2018, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 01:47 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, 1.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 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
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
266 WWUS72 KMLB 210145 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 845 PM EST Thu Dec 20 2018 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-220000- /O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.181221T1200Z-181222T0000Z/ 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, and Titusville 845 PM EST Thu Dec 20 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 7 AM to 7 PM EST Friday. * WINDS...West to southwest winds will increase to 20 to 30 mph on Friday across east central Florida with winds gusts to 40 mph expected from late morning through the afternoon hours. * IMPACTS...Drivers should exercise caution on roadways with strong winds expected. Loose outdoor objects may be blown around. Minor damage to trees and limbs, power lines and some property is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Strong winds can blow around loose objects. Secure trash cans, lawn furniture and other objects that can be moved by the strong winds. && $$ Volkmer
1 follow-up statement
598 WWUS72 KMLB 211858 NPWMLB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 158 PM EST Fri Dec 21 2018 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-212300- /O.EXT.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-181221T2300Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole- Southern Brevard County-Osceola-Indian River-Okeechobee-St. Lucie- Martin-Coastal Volusia County-Southern Lake County- Northern Brevard County- Including the cities of Debary, Deland, Deltona, Eustis, Mount Dora, Leesburg, Tavares, Apopka, Maitland, Orlando, Winter Park, Union Park, Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Oviedo, Sanford, Winter Springs, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Celebration, Kissimmee, Saint Cloud, Sebastian, Vero Beach, Basinger, Fort Drum, Okeechobee, Port Saint Lucie, Fort Pierce, Hobe Sound, Jensen Beach, Port Salerno, Stuart, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach, Clermont, Mascotte, Groveland, Cocoa, and Titusville 158 PM EST Fri Dec 21 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West to southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Drivers should exercise caution on roadways with strong winds expected. Loose outdoor objects may be blown around. Minor damage to trees and limbs, power lines and some property is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Strong winds can blow around loose objects. Secure trash cans, lawn furniture and other objects that can be moved by the strong winds. && $$
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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.