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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

February 7, 2007

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 7, 2007, 2:04 PM EST. It was in force for 3 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
Feb 7, 2007, 2:04 PM EST (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2007, 5:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

The text

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

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 071904
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
204 PM EST WED FEB 7 2007

FLZ063-072200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0005.070207T1904Z-070207T2200Z/
GLADES-
204 PM EST WED FEB 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GLADES COUNTY FOR RHS BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GLADES COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED FOR A
DURATION OF 4 HOURS ACROSS THIS AREA.

AFTERNOON MIXING HAS ALLOWED DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO
THE MID 40S ACROSS GLADES COUNTY...WHILE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED
INTO THE UPPER 70S. LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FOR
THE DURATION OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL KEEP RHS BELOW 35
PERCENT FOR A 4 HOUR DURATION ACROSS THE AREA. A GULF COAST SEA
BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT THIS
IS NOT EXPECTED TO PENETRATE FAR ENOUGH INLAND TO ALLOW FOR A
MODIFICATION OF RHS ACROSS GLADES COUNTY. AS SUCH...A RED FLAG
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GLADES COUNTY.

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

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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.