Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 30, 2012, 7:55 AM EDT for Broward County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. 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
- Oct 30, 2012, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 5:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
County Broward County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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
Key West, FL (KEYW), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WWUS82 KMFL 301155 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 755 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A POSSIBLE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...AN ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT BETWEEN 20 AND 34 AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER... FLZ063-066-070-302300- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0007.121030T1500Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0009.121030T1700Z-121030T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER- 755 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S ALONG WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND THE ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT OF 25... 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...GLADES...HENDRY...AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 15 MPH OR HIGHER. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 TO 35 THIS AFTERNOON FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...AROUND 25 TODAY. * 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. && $$ FLZ071-302300- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0009.121030T1700Z-121030T2300Z/ INLAND BROWARD- 755 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S ALONG WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND THE ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT OF 20... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...INLAND BROWARD COUNTY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 15 MPH OR HIGHER. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 TO 35 THIS AFTERNOON FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...AROUND 20 TODAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BAXTER
2 follow-up statements
424 WWUS82 KMFL 301158 CCA RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 757 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY AND INLAND COLLIER...AND INLAND BROWARD COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A POSSIBLE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...AN ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT BETWEEN 20 AND 34 AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER... FLZ063-066-070-302300- /O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0007.121030T1500Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0009.121030T1700Z-121030T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER- 757 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S ALONG WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND THE ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT OF 25... 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...GLADES...HENDRY...AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 15 MPH OR HIGHER. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 TO 35 THIS AFTERNOON FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...AROUND 25 TODAY. * 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. && $$ FLZ071-302300- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0009.121030T1700Z-121030T2300Z/ INLAND BROWARD- 757 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S ALONG WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND THE ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT OF 20... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...INLAND BROWARD COUNTY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 15 MPH OR HIGHER. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 30 TO 35 THIS AFTERNOON FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...AROUND 20 TODAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BAXTER
459 WWUS82 KMFL 302135 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 535 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 FLZ063-066-070-071-302245- /O.CAN.KMFL.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121030T2300Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- 535 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GLADES, HENDRY, AND INLAND COLLIER AND INLAND BROWARD COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE ONLY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 30S TO 40S. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ GREGORIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 10:28 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 26 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:09 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 16 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 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.