Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Apr 19, 2008, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 19, 2008, 1:00 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 19, 2008, 4:59 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 191455
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1055 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2008

FLZ063-066-070-192200-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0021.080419T1700Z-080419T2200Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER-
1055 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
NORTHERN COLLIER...GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

DEW POINTS THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN IN THE MID 50S OVER THE NORTHWEST
INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS THIS
MORNING ARE SHOWING THE DEW POINTS TO CONTINUE TO FALL DOWN TO
AROUND 50 BY THIS AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES WARM UP INTO THE MID
TO UPPER 80S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL
BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THIS
AREA. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN
COLLIER...GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

BAXTER

000 
WWUS82 KMFL 192059
RFWMFL

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
459 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES CANCELED...

THOUGH DEW POINTS FELL SOME THIS AFTERNOON, AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS
HELD DOWN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. THIS ALLOWED RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
TO FALL ONLY A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR
AROUND 2 HOURS OR SO IN THE WARNED AREA. 

FLZ063-066-070-192200-
/O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080419T2200Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER-
459 PM EDT SAT APR 19 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

CLOUD COVER INHIBITED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT MIDDAY BUT THOUGH
CLEARING IS OCCURRING...LOWERING OF THE SUN WILL BE LEADING TO 
COOLING TEMPERATURES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO CLIMB
ABOVE 35 PERCENT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND 4 CONSECUTIVE
HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL NOT OCCUR.

THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
$$

$$

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