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Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Miami, FL

April 28, 2007

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2007, 3:53 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 28, 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
Apr 28, 2007, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2007, 7:00 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 280753
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
353 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES FROM 1 PM TO
7PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR 4 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35
PERCENT...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTIES
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR 4 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...


FLZ063-066-282300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0048.070428T1700Z-070428T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0028.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-
353 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. 

A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTH
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME DIFFUSE. A RATHER DRY AIR MASS WILL SPREAD 
SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO
THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT AT LEAST FOR 4 TO 5
CONSECUTIVE HOURS ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. FOR THIS
REASON A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE COUNTIES.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COULD FALL AGAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR NEARLY 4 HOURS
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
FOR THIS REASON...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE COUNTIES FOR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.
 
LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

$$

FLZ070-282300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0028.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/
EASTERN COLLIER-
353 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. 

A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH 
INTO SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME DIFFUSE. A RATHER DRY
AIR MASS WILL SPREAD SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT RESULTING IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR NEARLY 4 HOURS ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. FOR
THIS REASON...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN
COLLIER COUNTY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:53 AM EDTFire Weather WatchMFL24 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.