Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2012, 3:06 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 11:00 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
- Mar 6, 2012, 3:06 AM EST (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 5:37 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
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
293 WWUS82 KMFL 060806 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 306 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR INTERIOR AND WEST FIRE WEATHER ZONES FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY EQUAL TO OR BELOW 35 PERCENT WITH 20 FOOT WINDS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 15 MPH... FLZ063-066-067-069>071-073-075-061615- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0004.120306T1600Z-120306T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- INLAND BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- 306 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR HUMIDITY EQUAL TO OR BELOW 35 PERCENT WITH 20 FOOT WINDS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 15 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067...069...070...071...073 AND 075... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067...069...070 ...071...073 AND 075. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER * HUMIDITY...35 PERCENT OR LESS * HIGHEST THREAT...IS FOR WESTERN PALM BEACH, WESTERN BROWARD, WESTERN MIAMI DADE, COLLIER, HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES. * 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
622 WWUS82 KMFL 061913 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 213 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 FLZ063-066-067-071-073-075-062015- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120306T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- MAINLAND MONROE- 213 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GLADES, HENDRY, INLAND PALM BEACH, INLAND BROWARD, INLAND MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE ONLY DROPPED INTO THE 40S ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH NO FURTHER DECREASE EXPECTED. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ FLZ069-070-062300- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120306T2300Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 213 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF COLLIER COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...COLLIER COUNTY WEST OF STATE ROAD 29. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER * HUMIDITY...30 TO 35 PERCENT * 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GREGORIA
573 WWUS82 KMFL 062237 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 537 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...CANCELLATION OF RED FLAG WARNING... FLZ069-070-062345- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120306T2300Z/ COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 537 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 069 AND 070... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ARE STEADILY RISING WITH MOST AREAS LIKELY ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 60
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:08 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 64 hr |
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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.