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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 7, 2021Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2021, 10:42 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2021, 10:42 AM EST (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2021, 6:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

766 
WWUS72 KMLB 071542
NPWMLB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1042 AM EST Sun Mar 7 2021

FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-072300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.WI.Y.0002.210307T1542Z-210307T2300Z/
Southern Brevard-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia-
Northern Brevard-
Including the cities of Melbourne, Palm Bay, Rockledge, 
Sebastian, Vero Beach, Port Saint Lucie, Fort Pierce, Hobe Sound,
Jensen Beach, Port Salerno, Stuart, Daytona Beach, 
New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach, Cocoa, and Titusville
1042 AM EST Sun Mar 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds around 25 mph with gusts near 35 mph.

* WHERE... Along the coast of Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St.
  Lucie, and Martin Counties. 

* WHEN...Until 6 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.

&&

$$

Watson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 3:03 PM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia28 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.