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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 29, 20127 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2012, 3:17 AM EDT for 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 29, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 29, 2012, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 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 07:21 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, 7.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

019 
WWUS81 KBGM 290717
RFWBGM

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
317 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-291530-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FW.W.0008.120429T1600Z-120429T2300Z/
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
317 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...REACHING AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAPID SPREAD
  AND GROWTH...ESPECIALLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE GREENING UP IS
  NOT VERY FAR ALONG. 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 DRY FINE FUELS WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
162 
WWUS81 KBGM 291340
RFWBGM

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
940 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-292145-
/O.CON.KBGM.FW.W.0008.120429T1600Z-120429T2300Z/
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
940 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAPID 
  SPREAD AND GROWTH...ESPECIALLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE 
  GREENING UP IS NOT VERY FAR ALONG. 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 DRY FINE FUELS WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$
DJN
462 
WWUS81 KBGM 291915
RFWBGM

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
315 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-292300-
/O.CON.KBGM.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120429T2300Z/
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
315 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAPID 
  SPREAD AND GROWTH...ESPECIALLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE 
  GREENING UP IS NOT VERY FAR ALONG. 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 DRY FINE FUELS WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

DJN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:05 AM EDTFreeze WatchBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more9 hr
Apr 29, 12:00 PM EDTHard Freeze WarningBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more21 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.