Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2013, 4:37 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 14, 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 14, 2013, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:34 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952 WWUS82 KMFL 140837 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 437 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013 FLZ063-069-071>075-174-150000- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0004.130314T1600Z-130315T0000Z/ GLADES-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE- FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 437 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GLADES, COASTAL COLLIER, MAINLAND MONROE, FAR SOUTH MIAMI- DADE, INLAND MIAMI-DADE, METRO MIAMI-DADE, INLAND BROWARD, AND METRO BROWARD COUNTIES... 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, COASTAL COLLIER, MAINLAND MONROE, FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE, INLAND MIAMI-DADE, METRO MIAMI-DADE, INLAND BROWARD, AND METRO BROWARD COUNTIES * WIND...SUSTAINED WIND OF 15 MPH OR GREATER, EXCEPT 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS GLADES COUNTY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S, EXCEPT AROUND 30 PERCENT ACROSS METRO BROWARD AND METRO MIAMI-DADE. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FORECAST AROUND 20 PERCENT ACROSS GLADES COUNTY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30S AND AS HIGH AS 38 FOR 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/BAXTER
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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.