Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 17, 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 17, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2012, 7:41 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 07:30 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, 7.5 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
- 3273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131 WWUS81 KALY 170727 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 327 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 180000- /O.UPG.KALY.FW.A.0007.120417T1600Z-120418T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.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- 327 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...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 EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY... GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
2 follow-up statements
009 WWUS81 KALY 171309 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 909 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 NYZ043-083-084-VTZ013>015-180000- /O.EXA.KALY.FW.W.0007.120417T1600Z-120418T0000Z/ NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 909 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY...ALL OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082- 180000- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.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- 909 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS... * 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...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ALY
492 WWUS81 KALY 172341 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 741 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-180045- /O.CAN.KALY.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120418T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 741 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY... GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 MPH OR LESS THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE INCREASED TO OVER 30 PERCENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:40 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | Warren | 25 hr |
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.