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Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Miami, FL

April 9, 2007

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2007, 3:46 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for . 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 9, 2007, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2007, 12:05 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 090746
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
346 AM EDT MON APR 9 2007

FLZ063-066-070-092300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0040.070409T1700Z-070409T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-EASTERN COLLIER-
346 AM EDT MON APR 9 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR GLADES...HENDRY...AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTIES
FOR RHS 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 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHERLY TODAY. HOWEVER...IT WILL TAKE
TIME FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO MOISTEN AS DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE IN THE
LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE AND
OFFSET THE MOISTENING BROUGHT IN BY THE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW. THIS
WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY OF RHS FALLING BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR AT
LEAST 4 HOURS. THUS...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

DG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS82 KMFL 091605
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1205 PM EDT MON APR 9 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING GLADES, HENDRY AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTIES CANCELED...

FLZ063-066-070-091715-
/O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0040.070409T1700Z-070409T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-EASTERN COLLIER-
1205 PM EDT MON APR 9 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTIES. LOW LEVEL
SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE IMPORTED AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH DEW
POINTS CLIMBING STEADILY UPWARDS INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S THROUGH
THIS MORNING. 

EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY REACH TO MID 80S...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES MAY ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S FOR A FEW HOURS OR SO. 


$$

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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.