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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

February 9, 2007

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 9, 2007, 10:44 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 9, 2007, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 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 9, 2007, 10:44 AM EST (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 9, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 9, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

The text

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

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 091544
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1044 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2007

FLZ063-066-092300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0007.070209T1800Z-070209T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-
1044 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S AND THE DEW POINTS WILL
FALL TO THE MID 40S THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST
INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

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.

$$

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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.