Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 35, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2006, 3:43 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 29, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2006, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KMFL 290743 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 343 AM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT TODAY FOR THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN METRO AREAS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WESTERN METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE OF LOW HUMIDITIES... FLZ063-066-069-070-291545- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0022.060429T1600Z-060429T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0035.060429T1700Z-060429T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0023.060430T1700Z-060430T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER- 343 AM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. VERY DRY AIR WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA TODAY. THOUGH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ONTO THE EAST COAST...WARMER TEMPERATURES INLAND SHOULD ALLOW FOR GOOD CONVECTION TO SET UP TO MIX THE DRIER AIR DOWNWARD TO THE SURFACE. THE WARNING INCLUDES GLADES...HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES...WHERE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. THE DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THIS AREA SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN WARM UP INTO THE MID 80S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS FROM THE MIAMI NATIONAL WEATHER OFFICE ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ FLZ067-071-073-075-291545- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0035.060429T1700Z-060429T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0023.060430T1700Z-060430T2300Z/ PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- 343 AM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. VERY DRY AIR WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA TODAY. THOUGH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ONTO THE EAST COAST...WARMER TEMPERATURES INLAND SHOULD ALLOW FOR GOOD CONVECTION TO SET UP TO MIX THE DRIER AIR DOWNWARD TO THE SURFACE. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHWEST PALM BEACH...EXTREME WESTERN BROWARD...NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE AND NORTHEAST MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS OR SO BUT 20 FOOT WINDS WILL ALSO BE AROUND 15 MPH...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AS THE DRY AIR ALOFT AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST. THUS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 9:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 956 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2006 FLZ063-066>075-290830- GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 948 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEKEND ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE TO LARGE NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL AFFECT THE ATLANTIC WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND SWELLS WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF, ROUGH SEAS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR INLETS, POSSIBLY MINOR BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:43 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 24 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:54 AM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 37 hr | |
| Apr 29, 2:36 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MFL | Palm Beach | 48 hr |
Nearby
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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.