Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2007, 8:02 AM EDT for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 13, 2007, 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
- Mar 13, 2007, 8:02 AM EDT (12:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Collier County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 131202 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 802 AM EDT TUE MAR 13 2007 FLZ063-066-070-132300- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0013.070313T1700Z-070313T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0022.070313T1700Z-070313T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-EASTERN COLLIER- 802 AM EDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ALLOWING RHS TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. MIN RHS OF AROUND 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THIS DRY AIR...ALONG WITH VERY DRY SOILS...WILL CREATE A HIGH FIRE DANGER. 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. $$ FLZ069-132300- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0022.070313T1700Z-070313T2300Z/ WESTERN COLLIER- 802 AM EDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH DAYTIME HEATING...ALLOWING RHS TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. MIN RHS OF AROUND 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:00 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | MFL | 11 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.