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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL

May 7, 2017Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2017, 3:21 AM EDT for Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at May 7, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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, 2017, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 7, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

642 
WWUS82 KMFL 070721
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
321 AM EDT Sun May 7 2017

FLZ063-066-070-073-075-072300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0010.170507T1700Z-170507T2300Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Collier-Inland Miami-Dade-Mainland Monroe-
321 AM EDT Sun May 7 2017

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...066...070...073 AND 
075...

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...Fire weather zones 063...066...070...073 and 
  075. 

* Wind...Northwest around 5 mph, becoming west 5-10 mph across
  Glades, Hendry, and Collier counties and southeast 5-10 mph over
  inland Miami-Dade in the afternoon with the seabreeze. 

* Humidity...25 to 30%

* Impacts...any fires that develop will likely see extreme fire 
  behavior. 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
856 
WWUS82 KMFL 072251
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
651 PM EDT Sun May 7 2017

FLZ063-066-070-073-075-080000-
/O.EXP.KMFL.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170507T2300Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Collier-Inland Miami-Dade-Mainland Monroe-
651 PM EDT Sun May 7 2017

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG
DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 063...066...070...073 AND 075...

Most areas have seen relative humidity values rise above 40 
percent level early this evening, along with 20 foot wind speeds
decreasing to less than 10 mph. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning 
has been cancelled for Glades, Hendry, inland Collier, and inland
Miami-Dade counties.

$$

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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.