Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 29, 2007, 4:27 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 29, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Jan 29, 2007, 4:27 AM EST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2007, 7:02 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 290927 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 427 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 FLZ063-066>075-300000- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0002.070129T1700Z-070130T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0002.070129T1700Z-070130T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 427 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING ALL AREAS 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 EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL USHER MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AND 30S ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS OR MORE. IN FACT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S ARE FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. CONSEQUENTLY...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GREGORIA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMFL 292127 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 427 PM EST MON JAN 29 2007 FLZ063-066>075-300000- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0003.070130T1700Z-070131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070130T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 427 PM EST MON JAN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A VERY DRY LOW-LEVEL AIRMASS CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION FOLLOWING A SERIES OF COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES. DEW POINTS WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S FOR THE REMAINDER OF MONDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING AFTER DUSK. HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S AGAIN BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THUS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 70/DD
000 WWUS82 KMFL 300002 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 702 PM EST MON JAN 29 2007 FLZ063-066>075-300115- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070130T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0003.070130T1700Z-070131T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN- MAINLAND MONROE- 702 PM EST MON JAN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEGUN TO CLIMB TO NEAR OR ABOVE 35 PERCENT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA...WHICH MEANS THAT RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING MET. DEWPOINTS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SOME THIS EVENING, AND, AS TEMPERATURES COOL, RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:48 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:27 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 13 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.