Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2012, 4:02 AM EDT for 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 17, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
Counties Bradford County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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 204 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.
738 WWUS81 KBGM 170802 RFWBGM URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 402 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 NYZ046-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-171615- /O.NEW.KBGM.FW.W.0007.120417T1400Z-120418T0000Z/ OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 402 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND OTSEGO...DELAWARE... AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...OTSEGO...DELAWARE...AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK AND ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
111 WWUS81 KBGM 171823 RFWBGM URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 223 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 NYZ046-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-180000- /O.CON.KBGM.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120418T0000Z/ OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 223 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND OTSEGO...DELAWARE... AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK... * AFFECTED AREA...OTSEGO...DELAWARE...AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK AND ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
112 WWUS81 KBGM 172358 RFWBGM URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 758 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRING AT 8 PM EDT... NYZ046-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-180100- /O.EXP.KBGM.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120418T0000Z/ OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 758 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND OTSEGO...DELAWARE...AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE QUICKLY DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN RED FLAG CRITERIA...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ALSO BEGINNING TO RECOVER. SO THE RED FLAG WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:03 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne | 11 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.