Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2006, 4:37 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 3, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 3, 2006, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:35 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, 8.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 030837 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 437 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 FLZ063-066-067-070-071-032300- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0025.060503T1600Z-060503T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0039.060503T1600Z-060503T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0026.060504T1800Z-060504T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- 437 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR POTENTIAL LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S TODAY ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL RHS THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE FORECAST FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS POSSIBILITY EXISTS TOMORROW AS WELL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ069-073-075-032300- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0025.060503T1600Z-060503T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0039.060503T1600Z-060503T2300Z/ WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- 437 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S TODAY ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL RHS THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE FORECAST FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMFL 032248 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 648 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 FLZ063-066-067-070-071-040700- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060503T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0026.060504T1800Z-060504T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- 648 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASED OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AS THE SUN SETS AND TEMPERATURES COOL. DRY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW AS WELL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ069-073-075-040000- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060503T2300Z/ WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- 648 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:37 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward | 24 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.