Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2013, 3:31 AM EDT for Broward County, Collier County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 13, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- Mar 13, 2013, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
121 WWUS82 KMFL 130731 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 331 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 FLZ063-066>072-140000- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0003.130313T1600Z-130314T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- 331 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR GLADES, HENDRY, COLLIER, INLAND AND METRO PALM BEACH, AND INLAND AND METRO BROWARD COUNTIES FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...GLADES, HENDRY, COLLIER, INLAND AND METRO PALM BEACH, AND INLAND AND METRO BROWARD COUNTIES. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S ARE FORECAST FOR THE WARNING AREA, EXCEPT LOWER 30S OVER METRO PALM BEACH AND METRO BROWARD. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...29 TO 36, HIGHEST BROWARD COUNTY. * 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. && $$ GREGORIA
2 follow-up statements
789 WWUS82 KMFL 131350 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 950 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 FLZ063-066>072-140000- /O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0003.130313T1600Z-130314T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- 950 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20 FOOT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 15 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067...068...069...070...071 AND 072... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067...068... 069...070...071 AND 072. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS OF BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S ARE FORECAST FOR THE WARNING AREA... EXCEPT LOWER 30S OVER METRO PALM BEACH AND METRO BROWARD. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...29 TO 36... HIGHEST BROWARD COUNTY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
765 WWUS82 KMFL 140007 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 807 PM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 FLZ063-066>072-140115- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130314T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- 807 PM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...067...068...069...070...071 AND 072... WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY RISING BACK TO LEVELS WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AND SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH...HAVE ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFL | 43 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.