Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2008, 11:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at May 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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 13, 2008, 11:16 AM EDT (15:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 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 131516 RFWBOX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1116 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008 MAZ002-008-009-NHZ011-012-015-131630- /O.CAN.KBOX.FW.A.0002.080513T1600Z-080513T2200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 1116 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. ELSEWHERE WHERE THE WATCH WAS IN EFFECT YESTERDAY...IT HAS NOW BEEN CONVERTED TO A WARNING. $$ MAZ003>005-010>012-026-132100- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0002.080513T1600Z-080513T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0002.080513T1600Z-080513T2100Z/ EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 1116 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...WARM TEMPERATURES...HUMIDITY DIPPING TO 20 PERCENT AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 32 MPH COMBINED WITH RECENT DRYNESS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WARNING. THE PRIMARY REGION FOR INCREASED FIRE DANGER THE WORCESTER HILLS AND THE NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS WHERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE HIGHEST. WINDS WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 94 min |
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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.