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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Miami, FL

May 23, 2011

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at May 23, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT. It took effect at May 23, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 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: May 23, 2011, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 23, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

The text

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

370 
WWUS82 KMFL 230748
RFWMFL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
348 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

FLZ063-066-070-232300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0020.110523T1700Z-110523T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER-
348 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 
4 HOURS OR MORE AND ERC OF 35 FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND INLAND
COLLIER COUNTIES...

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. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR
4 HOURS OR MORE ALONG WITH ERC VALUES OF AROUND 35. FOR THIS
REASON...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
GLADES...HENDRY...AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

DG/AT

1 follow-up statement

497 
WWUS82 KMFL 232058
RFWMFL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
458 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

FLZ063-066-070-232200-
/O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110523T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER-
458 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

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

CLOUDS PULLED NORTHWARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN COVERED SOUTH FLORIDA
TODAY AND PREVENTED AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THE
FORECASTED HIGHS. IN TURN, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINED WELL ABOVE
35 PERCENT. 

$$

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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.