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Red Flag Warning 41, NWS Miami, FL

April 13, 2007

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2007, 12:12 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 13, 2007, 2:00 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 13, 2007, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

The text

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

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 131612
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1212 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR GLADES...HENDRY...AND EASTERN COLLIER
COUNTIES FOR RHS BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE...

FLZ063-066-070-140000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0041.070413T1800Z-070414T0000Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-EASTERN COLLIER-
1212 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

THERE IS A DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
GLADES...HENDRY AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTIES. THIS DRY AIR MASS
COUPLED WITH LOW DEW POINTS...CLEAR SKIES AND MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR 90 DEGREES ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR
OR MORE HOURS. THEREFORE...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.

$$

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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.