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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL

February 21, 2020Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2020, 9:39 AM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 21, 2020, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2020, 9:39 AM EST (14:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 22, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 12:00Z on 2020-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2020-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

813 
WWUS72 KMFL 211439
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
939 AM EST Fri Feb 21 2020

FLZ168-221200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.WI.Y.0003.200221T2100Z-200222T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
Including the cities of Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton
939 AM EST Fri Feb 21 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EST Saturday.

* 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
959 
WWUS72 KMFL 212008
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
308 PM EST Fri Feb 21 2020

FLZ168-221200-
/O.CON.KMFL.WI.Y.0003.200221T2100Z-200222T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
Including the cities of Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton
308 PM EST Fri Feb 21 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Saturday.

* 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.

&&

$$

Baxter
862 
WWUS72 KMFL 220820
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
320 AM EST Sat Feb 22 2020

FLZ168-221200-
/O.CON.KMFL.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200222T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
Including the cities of Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton
320 AM EST Sat Feb 22 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Saturday.

* 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.

&&

$$
784 
WWUS72 KMFL 221155
NPWMFL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
655 AM EST Sat Feb 22 2020

FLZ168-221300-
/O.EXP.KMFL.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200222T1200Z/
Coastal Palm Beach-
Including the cities of Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton
655 AM EST Sat Feb 22 2020

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

Northerly to northeasterly winds will continue to decrease 
through daybreak along the immediate coast, and therefore the 
Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. However, winds will 
still be breezy today, as they become more northeasterly around 
15 to 20 mph with higher gusts. 

$$

FELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 9:37 AM ESTRip Current StatementMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach4 days
Feb 21, 9:37 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryMFLPalm Beach51 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.