Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2011, 4:06 AM EDT for 4 counties in Connecticut; 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Mar 28, 2011, 11:00 AM 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
- Mar 28, 2011, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
170 WWUS81 KOKX 280806 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 406 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF BRUSH FIRES FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM EDT TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-282300- /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.W.0001.110328T1500Z-110328T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON- WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 406 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTHWEST OF THE GREAT LAKES AND LOW PRESSURE NORTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE. STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH WILL REINFORCE VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT AREA WIDE BY 11 AM. WITH NO RAIN DURING THE PAST 3 DAYS...THE GROUND HAS RAPIDLY DRIED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF BRUSH FIRES...IF ANY DEVELOP. PLEASE USE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GC
1 follow-up statement
609 WWUS81 KOKX 282243 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 643 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-282345- /O.EXP.KOKX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110328T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON- WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 643 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS CONDITIONS ARE FALLING BELOW CRITERIA. $$ SCALORA
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2011Red Flag Warnings in New York, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.