Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2012, 4:13 AM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 16, 2012, 12:00 PM 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
- Apr 16, 2012, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
568 WWUS81 KALY 160813 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 413 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 NYZ042-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-160915- /O.CAN.KALY.FW.A.0006.120416T1600Z-120417T0000Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 413 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE LAKE GEORGE AREA AND SOUTHERN VERMONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY EVENING...BUT THERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 170000- /O.UPG.KALY.FW.A.0006.120416T1600Z-120417T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0006.120416T1600Z-120417T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON- 413 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND OR BELOW 30 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
3 follow-up statements
663 WWUS81 KALY 160945 CCA RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 413 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 NYZ042-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-160915- /O.CAN.KALY.FW.A.0006.120416T1600Z-120417T0000Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 413 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE LAKE GEORGE AREA AND SOUTHERN VERMONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY EVENING...BUT THERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 170000- /O.UPG.KALY.FW.A.0006.120416T1600Z-120417T0000Z/ /O.COR.KALY.FW.W.0006.120416T1600Z-120417T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON- 413 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND OR BELOW 30 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
812 WWUS81 KALY 161955 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 355 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 170400- /O.NEW.KALY.FW.A.0007.120417T1600Z-120418T0000Z/ /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120417T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- 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- 355 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY... GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...15 TO 30 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MID 60S TO MID 70S TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
083 WWUS81 KALY 170010 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 810 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 170800- /O.EXP.KALY.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120417T0000Z/ /O.CON.KALY.FW.A.0007.120417T1600Z-120418T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- 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- 810 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY... GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY... GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY... GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 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.