Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2012, 3:50 AM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 11:00 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
- Apr 7, 2012, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 8:00 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 07:53 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, 7.8 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
- 2751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
464 WWUS81 KALY 070750 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 350 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 NYZ032-033-070900- /O.CAN.KALY.FW.A.0004.120407T1600Z-120408T0000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- 350 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL SHORT OF 25 MPH. $$ NYZ038>040-047-048-051-058-063-082-080000- /O.UPG.KALY.FW.A.0004.120407T1600Z-120408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0003.120407T1500Z-120408T0000Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE- WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- NORTHERN FULTON- 350 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS AND EASTERN CATSKILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...AND THE EASTERN CATSKILLS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO AROUND 20 TO 29 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-080000- /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0003.120407T1500Z-120408T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 350 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO AROUND 18 TO 28 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
064 WWUS81 KALY 071642 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1242 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 080000- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120408T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON- 1242 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS... BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND LITCHFIELD HILLS * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 18 AND 28 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
403 WWUS81 KALY 080004 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 804 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 080115- /O.EXP.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120408T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- 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- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON- 804 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS... BERKSHIRES...AND THE LITCHFIELD HILLS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER TO 70 TO 90 PERCENT TONIGHT WITH THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 MPH OR LESS. WIND GUSTS WILL GENERALLY BE UNDER 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012Red Flag Warnings in New York, 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.