Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:37 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 4 days |
| Feb 21, 9:37 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 51 hr |
Nearby
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.