Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 15, 2012, 9:38 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 15, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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 15, 2012, 9:38 AM EST (14:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 4092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209 WWUS82 KMFL 151438 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 938 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-152200- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0002.120115T1500Z-120115T2200Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- 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- 938 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF AT LEAST 15MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067... 068...069...070...071...072...073...074...075...168...172...173 AND 174... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067...068... 069...070...071...072...073...074...075...168...172...173 AND 174. * WIND...NORTH WINDS AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...DRY CONTINENTAL AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...ERC VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 35 RANGE TODAY. * HIGHEST THREAT...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR WINDS OF GREATER THAN 15 MPH WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...ALONG WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES...WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MOLLEDA
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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.