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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

May 23, 2021Monroe County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this red flag warning at May 23, 2021, 2:45 AM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at May 23, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 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 23, 2021, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
In effect from
May 23, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 23, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2021-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WWUS82 KMFL 230645
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
245 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021

FLZ063-066-070-075-231445-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.W.0004.210523T1200Z-210524T0000Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Collier-Mainland Monroe-
245 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR INTERIOR 
WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a Red Flag
Warning...which is in effect from 8 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT
this evening. 

* Affected area...Glades, Hendry, interior Collier, and Mainland
  Monroe Counties.

* Wind...20 foot winds around 10-15 mph

* Humidity...Low to mid 30s

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

* Impacts...Any fires that develop may be extreme in nature, and
  therefore 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
075 
WWUS82 KMFL 231356
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
956 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021

FLZ063-066-070-075-240000-
/O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210524T0000Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Collier-Mainland Monroe-
956 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR INTERIOR WESTERN AREAS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

* Affected area...Glades, Hendry, interior Collier, and Mainland
  Monroe Counties.

* Wind...20 foot winds around 10-15 mph

* Humidity...Low to mid 30s

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

* Impacts...any fires that develop will likely see extreme fire 
  behavior. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

$$

Baxter
222 
WWUS82 KMFL 231931
RFWMFL

Urgent - Fire Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
331 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021

FLZ063-066-070-075-240000-
/O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210524T0000Z/
Glades-Hendry-Inland Collier-Mainland Monroe-
331 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR INTERIOR WESTERN AREAS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

* Affected area...Glades, Hendry, interior Collier, and Mainland
  Monroe Counties.

* Wind...20 foot winds around 10-15 mph

* Humidity...Low to mid 30s

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

* 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.

$$

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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.