Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 27, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038 WWUS81 KALY 270800 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 400 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-270900- /O.CAN.KALY.FW.A.0001.120327T1500Z-120327T2300Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- 400 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK NOT INCLUDING THE MID HUDSON VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AT THAT TIME TO UNDER 25 MPH. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ064>066-VTZ013>015-272300- /O.UPG.KALY.FW.A.0001.120327T1500Z-120327T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0001.120327T1400Z-120327T2300Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 400 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND FOR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...INITIALLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
3 follow-up statements
206 WWUS81 KALY 270910 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 510 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ064>066-VTZ013>015-272300- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0001.120327T1400Z-120327T2300Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 510 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN NEW YORK... * AFFECTED AREA...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
268 WWUS81 KALY 272050 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ064>066-VTZ013>015-272300- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T2300Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY WINDS FOR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN NEW YORK... * AFFECTED AREA...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...1O TO 20 PERCENT * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S TO UPPER 40S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
972 WWUS81 KALY 272301 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 701 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ064>066-VTZ013>015-280015- /O.EXP.KALY.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T2300Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 701 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN NEW YORK... WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RISE. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Vermont, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.