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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

May 22, 2021Collier County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at May 22, 2021, 2:34 AM EDT for Collier County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at May 22, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2021, 2:34 AM EDT (06:34 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 22, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

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

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 4:36 PM EDTWILDFIRE2 Se North Blocks Golde, FLA 200 ACRE WILDFIRE ONGOING EAST OF NAPLES. AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF HOMES THREATENED AT THIS TIME. COLLIER SO HAS ISSUED A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION BETWEEN 12TH AVE AND 16TH AVE.
May 22, 6:12 PM EDTWILDFIRE2 Se North Blocks Golde, FLTHE 14TH AVENUE WILDFIRE EAST OF NAPLES HAS GROWN TO 400 ACRES AND IS 10 PERCENT CONTAINED. THREE HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE LSR PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AT 16:45.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2021-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

803 
WWUS82 KMFL 220634
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
234 AM EDT Sat May 22 2021

FLZ063-066-069-070-073-075-221445-
/O.UPG.KMFL.FW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210523T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0003.210522T1500Z-210523T0100Z/
Glades-Hendry-Coastal Collier-Inland Collier-Inland Miami-Dade-
Mainland Monroe-
234 AM EDT Sat May 22 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PRIMARILY FOR 
INTERIOR WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND INLAND MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY...

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a Red Flag
Warning...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 9 PM EDT
this evening.

* Affected areas...Glades, Hendry, interior Collier, Mainland
  Monroe, and interior Miami-Dade Counties.
 
* Wind...20 foot winds around 15 mph.

* ERC's...Mid 30s to low 40s

* Impacts...Any fires that develop may be extreme in nature. 
  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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
136 
WWUS82 KMFL 221350
RFWMFL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Miami FL
950 AM EDT Sat May 22 2021

FLZ063-066-069-070-073-075-230100-
/O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0003.210522T1500Z-210523T0100Z/
Glades-Hendry-Coastal Collier-Inland Collier-Inland Miami-Dade-
Mainland Monroe-
950 AM EDT Sat May 22 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PRIMARILY FOR INTERIOR
WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

* Affected areas...Glades, Hendry, interior Collier, Mainland 
  Monroe, and interior Miami-Dade Counties. 

* Wind...20 foot winds around 15 mph.

* ERC's...Mid 30s to low 40s

* Impacts...Any fires that develop may be extreme in nature. 
  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.

&&

$$

Baxter
392 
WWUS82 KMFL 221933
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
333 PM EDT Sat May 22 2021

FLZ063-066-069-070-073-075-230100-
/O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210523T0100Z/
Glades-Hendry-Coastal Collier-Inland Collier-Inland Miami-Dade-
Mainland Monroe-
333 PM EDT Sat May 22 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PRIMARILY FOR INTERIOR
WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

* Affected areas...Glades, Hendry, interior Collier, Mainland 
  Monroe, and interior Miami-Dade Counties. 

* Wind...20 foot winds around 15 mph.

* ERC's...Mid 30s to low 40s

* Impacts...Any fires that develop may be extreme in nature. 
  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.

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.