Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2016, 7:50 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 7, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- May 7, 2016, 7:50 AM EDT (11:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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, 11.8 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
- 2258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
976 WWUS82 KMFL 071150 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 750 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016 FLZ063-066-069-070-072300- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0002.160507T1600Z-160507T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0001.160508T1200Z-160509T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 750 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063... 066...069 AND 070... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...069 AND 070. * WIND...NORTH 8 TO 12 MILES PER HOUR. * HUMIDITY...27% TO 32% FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL STATUS SUPPORTS A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. * 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FLZ067-068-071>073-168-172-072300- /O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0002.160507T1600Z-160507T2300Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI-DADE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 750 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...068...071...072... 073...168 AND 172. * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, MOVING INTO THE INTERIOR BY MID AFTERNOON, WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 8 TO 12 MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST. * HUMIDITY...29% TO 34% FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT (ERC)...THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL STATUS SUPPORTS A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
1 follow-up statement
641 WWUS82 KMFL 072308 RFWMFL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 708 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION FLZ063-066-069-070-081000- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160507T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMFL.FW.A.0001.160508T1200Z-160509T0000Z/ GLADES-HENDRY-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER- 708 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...069 AND 070... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...069 AND 070... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...069...070. * WIND...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE 27 TO 32 PERCENT RANGE FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ067-068-071>073-168-172-080015- /O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160507T2300Z/ INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD- INLAND MIAMI-DADE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD- 708 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...068...071...072...073...168 AND 172... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS TEMPERATURE DROP THIS EVENING. $$ MOLLEDA
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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.