Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2006

Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 19, 20065 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2006, 2:57 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 19, 2006, 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: Apr 19, 2006, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS81 KBOX 190657
RFWBOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
257 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-191500-
/O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0006.060419T1600Z-060419T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0007.060419T1600Z-060420T0000Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
257 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING. 

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 5 DAYS HAS BEEN LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH.
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 TO 30 PERCENT
AND NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 25 MPH. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

MAZ005>007-013>018-020-021-RIZ001>007-191500-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FW.A.0007.060419T1600Z-060420T0000Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
257 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. 

THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL
AS RHODE ISLAND.

RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 5 DAYS HAS BEEN LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH.
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 30
PERCENT AND NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 25 MPH. THEREFORE...A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES IN THIS POTENTIAL THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING LATER THIS
MORNING.

$$

FRANK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS81 KBOX 191448
RFWBOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1048 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

MAZ005>007-013>018-020-021-RIZ001>007-191600-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FW.A.0007.060419T1600Z-060420T0000Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
1048 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. CLOUDS AND
THE THREAT OF A FEW SHOWERS WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE
CRITICAL LEVELS. THUS...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-192300-
/O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0007.060419T1600Z-060420T0000Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
1048 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 5 DAYS HAS BEEN LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
INCH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 TO
30 PERCENT AND NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 25 MPH. THEREFORE...A
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

KJC

000 
WWUS81 KBOX 191939
RFWBOX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
339 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-200000-
/O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060420T0000Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
339 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30
MPH. SHOULD A FIRE START...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

KJC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 2:57 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	8 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2006 Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2006 Red Flag Warnings in New Hampshire, 2006 Every red flag warning in 2006

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.