Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2013, 4:24 AM EST for Broward County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2013, 12:00 PM 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 3, 2013, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 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 09:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WWUS82 KMFL 030924 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 424 AM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 FLZ063-066-070>072-172-040000- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0002.130303T1700Z-130304T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- COASTAL BROWARD- 424 AM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...070...071...072 AND 172... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...070...071... 072 AND 172. * WIND...15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...30 TO 35 PERCENT. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...29 TO 33. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:20 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 8 hr | |
| Mar 3, 5:03 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Glades | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 19 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.