Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 28, 2011, 2:36 AM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 28, 2011, 12:00 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
- Jan 28, 2011, 2:36 AM EST (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2011, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2011, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262 WWUS82 KMFL 280736 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 236 AM EST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR ALL ZONES IN SOUTH FLORIDA EXCEPT COASTAL COLLIER, MAINLAND MONROE AND FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE OF SUB 35 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... FLZ063-066>068-070>074-168-172-173-282200- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0004.110128T1700Z-110128T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0003.110128T1700Z-110128T2200Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 236 AM EST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE STATE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS WITH DRIER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT. THIS WILL RESULT IN 4 HOURS OR MORE OF AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
667 WWUS82 KMFL 282158 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 458 PM EST FRI JAN 28 2011 FLZ063-066>068-070>074-172-173-291000- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110128T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0005.110129T1600Z-110130T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- 458 PM EST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM EST. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ168-282300- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110128T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 458 PM EST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ FLZ069-075-174-291000- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0005.110129T1600Z-110130T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-MAINLAND MONROE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 458 PM EST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BETTWY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 4:58 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 10 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.