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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Miami, FL

February 6, 20207 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2020, 4:07 AM EST for 7 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2020, 4:07 AM EST (09:07 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2020, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 6, 2020, 10:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

621 
WWUS72 KMFL 060907
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
407 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-061715-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.200206T1800Z-200207T0300Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Palm Beach-Metro Palm Beach-Coastal Collier-
Inland Collier-Inland Broward-Metro Broward-Inland Miami-Dade-
Metro Miami-Dade-Mainland Monroe-Coastal Palm Beach-
Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-Far South Miami-Dade-
Including the cities of Palmdale, Moore Haven, Clewiston, 
LaBelle, Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, Pahokee, South Bay, 
Belle Glade, Wellington, Lion Country Safari, 
South County Regional Park, Palm Springs, Florida Gardens, 
Aberdeen, Boca West, Naples, Immokalee, 
Miccosukee Indian Reservation, Markham Park, Coconut Creek, 
Coral Springs, Tamarac, Sunrise, Plantation, Davie, Cooper City, 
Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Homestead, Florida City, 
Redland, Miccosukee Resort, Kendale Lakes, West Kendall, 
Country Walk, Shark Valley, Miami, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, 
Hialeah, Doral, South Miami, Kendall, Cutler Ridge, Flamingo, 
Jupiter, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, 
Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Hollywood Beach, 
Aventura, Miami Beach, Miami Shores, Downtown Miami, Cutler Bay, 
Homestead Bayfront Park, and Everglades National Park
407 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...All of South Florida.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
059 
WWUS72 KMFL 061550
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
1050 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-070300-
/O.CON.KMFL.WI.Y.0002.200206T1800Z-200207T0300Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Palm Beach-Metro Palm Beach-Coastal Collier-
Inland Collier-Inland Broward-Metro Broward-Inland Miami-Dade-
Metro Miami-Dade-Mainland Monroe-Coastal Palm Beach-
Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-Dade-Far South Miami-Dade-
Including the cities of Palmdale, Moore Haven, Clewiston, 
LaBelle, Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, Pahokee, South Bay, 
Belle Glade, Wellington, Lion Country Safari, 
South County Regional Park, Palm Springs, Florida Gardens, 
Aberdeen, Boca West, Naples, Immokalee, 
Miccosukee Indian Reservation, Markham Park, Coconut Creek, 
Coral Springs, Tamarac, Sunrise, Plantation, Davie, Cooper City, 
Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Homestead, Florida City, 
Redland, Miccosukee Resort, Kendale Lakes, West Kendall, 
Country Walk, Shark Valley, Miami, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, 
Hialeah, Doral, South Miami, Kendall, Cutler Ridge, Flamingo, 
Jupiter, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, 
Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Hollywood Beach, 
Aventura, Miami Beach, Miami Shores, Downtown Miami, Cutler Bay, 
Homestead Bayfront Park, and Everglades National Park
1050 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...All of South Florida.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 3:30 AM ESTRip Current StatementMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach64 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.