Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 29, 2011, 3:22 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 29, 2011, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 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 29, 2011, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2011, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 2441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
796 WWUS82 KMFL 290822 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 322 AM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 FLZ069-290930- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.A.0005.110129T1600Z-110130T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLIER- 322 AM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... WITH NORTHWEST WIND FLOW, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN INLAND AND MORE MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT TO NOT ALLOW FIRE WEATHER PROBLEMS, THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ FLZ063-066>068-070>075-172>174-300000- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0005.110129T1600Z-110130T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0004.110129T1600Z-110130T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 322 AM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY, THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ168-300000- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0004.110129T1600Z-110130T0000Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 322 AM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS TODAY, THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST 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 LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
733 WWUS82 KMFL 291916 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 216 PM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 FLZ063-066>068-070>075-168-172>174-300000- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110130T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 216 PM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE GULF COAST FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS... TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 30S TO 40S ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND ATLANTIC COAST WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 HOURS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A GULF BREEZE WILL MODIFY DEWPOINTS THERE...KEEPING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GREGORIA
588 WWUS82 KMFL 292247 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 547 PM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 FLZ068-072>075-168-172>174-300000- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110130T0000Z/ METRO PALM BEACH-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 547 PM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY... REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA HAVE RISEN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. THE AREAS INCLUDE MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY AND THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THESE AREAS. $$ FLZ063-066-067-070-071-300000- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110130T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- 547 PM EST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE INLAND PORTIONS OF COLLIER...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES AND FOR ALL OF GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES. REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS STILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. THEREFORE..THE RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.