Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2007, 3:39 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 30, 2007, 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
- Mar 30, 2007, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS81 KBOX 300739 RFWBOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 339 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ON FRIDAY WILL BRING AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK TO MUCH OF THE REGION... MAZ005>007-012>016-NHZ012-301630- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- 339 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE... MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN WORCESTER...ESSEX...SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER VERY DRY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS THE PAST FEW DAYS. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...LOCAL FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS HAVE INDICATED THAT FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DRIED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ003-004-010-011-017>022-026-RIZ001>007-301630- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.A.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 339 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... RHODE ISLAND...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCLUDING THE BERKSHIRES. ANOTHER VERY DRY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPE COD WHERE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 PERCENT. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS THE PAST FEW DAYS. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH ARE MOST LIKELY FURTHER INLAND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 95 AND MASS PIKE CORRIDORS. HOWEVER...LOCAL FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS HAVE INDICATED THAT FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DRIED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE NOT FORECASTING FIRES...BUT RATHER FORECASTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO FIRE GROWTH AND BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ STRAUSS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS81 KBOX 301426 RFWBOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1026 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FRIDAY WILL BRING AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK TO MUCH OF THE REGION... NHZ012-302230- /O.CAN.KBOX.FW.W.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.FW.A.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- 1026 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AFTER COORDINATION WITH FIRE WEATHER OFFICIALS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS SOMEWHAT REDUCED THAN EARLY THOUGHT. A PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND HAS RETAINED SOME MOISTURE...THUS REDUCING THE FIRE WEATHER RISK. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MANCHESTER AND NASHUA. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE NOT FORECASTING FIRES...BUT RATHER FORECASTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO FIRE GROWTH AND BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MAZ005>007-012>016-302230- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- 1026 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ANOTHER VERY DRY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS THE PAST FEW DAYS. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...LOCAL FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS HAVE INDICATED THAT FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DRIED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE NOT FORECASTING FIRES...BUT RATHER FORECASTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO FIRE GROWTH AND BEHAVIOR. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ003-004-010-011-017>022-026-RIZ001>007-302230- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.A.0003.070330T1700Z-070330T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 1026 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ANOTHER VERY DRY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPE COD WHERE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 PERCENT. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS THE PAST FEW DAYS. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH ARE MOST LIKELY FURTHER INLAND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 95 AND MASS PIKE CORRIDORS. HOWEVER...LOCAL FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS HAVE INDICATED THAT FUEL MOISTURES HAVE DRIED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE NOT FORECASTING FIRES...BUT RATHER FORECASTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO FIRE GROWTH AND BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ NOCERA
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2007Red Flag Warnings in New Hampshire, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.