Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:05 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:00 PM EDT | Hard Freeze Warning | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
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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.