Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 64, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 15, 2007, 2:27 PM EST for Collier County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 16, 2007, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 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
- Nov 15, 2007, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2007, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 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 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 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 151927 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 227 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER FOR FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS FOR THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING BRINGING THE COOLEST AND DRIEST AIR OF THE FALL SEASON SO FAR. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND BY MID MORNING FRIDAY SHOULD BE 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE DROPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES. FOR THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 40 PERCENT BUT PERHAPS NOT AS LOW AS THOSE IN GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES FOR AS LONG A TIME PERIOD. THEREFORE, A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY BUT A RED FLAG WARNING MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AREA AS WELL. FLZ063-066-069-070-160930- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0038.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0064.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 227 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND BY MID MORNING FRIDAY SHOULD BE 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE DROPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE PROBLEMS. $$ FLZ067-068-071>075-168-172>174-160930- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0038.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 227 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... FOR THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 40 PERCENT BUT PERHAPS NOT AS LOW AS THOSE IN GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES NOR FOR AS LONG A TIME PERIOD. THEREFORE, A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY BUT A RED FLAG WARNING MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AREA AS WELL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ RLP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMFL 151951 CCA RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 250 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER FOR FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS FOR THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING BRINGING THE COOLEST AND DRIEST AIR OF THE FALL SEASON SO FAR. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND BY MID MORNING FRIDAY SHOULD BE 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE DROPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES. FOR THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR 40 PERCENT, NOT AS LOW AS THOSE IN GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES NOR FOR AS LONG A TIME PERIOD. THEREFORE, A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY BUT A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AREA AS WELL. FLZ063-066-069-070-161015- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0038.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0064.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 250 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND BY MID MORNING FRIDAY SHOULD BE 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE DROPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE PROBLEMS. $$ FLZ067-068-071>075-168-172>174-161015- /O.COR.KMFL.FW.A.0038.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 250 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... FOR THE REST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP NEAR 40 PERCENT, NOT AS LOW AS THOSE IN GLADES, HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES NOR FOR AS LONG A TIME PERIOD. THEREFORE, A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY BUT A RED FLAG WARNING MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AREA AS WELL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ RLP
000 WWUS82 KMFL 161027 RFWMFL RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 527 AM EST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GLADES...HENDRY...AND COLLIER COUNTIES TODAY FOR MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 15 MPH... FLZ067-068-071>075-168-172>174-161130- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.A.0038.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 527 AM EST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF A DRY AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RISE AS LOW-LEVEL WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL LIMIT THE THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BEING ACHIEVED...AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...INDIVIDUALS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN BURNING TODAY...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND THE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. $$ FLZ063-066-069-070-170000- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0064.071116T1400Z-071117T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 527 AM EST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THURSDAY EVENING. THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ADVECT A VERY DRY AIRMASS SOUTHWARD OVER THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 30-35 PERCENT RANGE. THIS...COUPLED WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS IN THE 15-25 MPH RANGE...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS GLADES...HENDRY...AND COLLIER COUNTIES...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE PROBLEMS. $$ 70/DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:36 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.