Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2012, 3:44 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 7, 2012, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WWUS81 KBOX 070744 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 344 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TODAY ACROSS INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT... MAZ002>005-008>012-026-071545- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0006.120407T1400Z-120407T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0006.120407T1400Z-120407T2300Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 344 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FRANKLIN-WORCESTER-HAMPSHIRE-HAMPDEN-MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 40S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL. && $$ CTZ002-003-071545- /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0006.120407T1400Z-120407T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT- 344 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL. && $$ DUNTEN
1 follow-up statement
394 WWUS81 KBOX 071409 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1009 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TODAY ACROSS INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT... CTZ002-003-MAZ002>005-008>012-026-072215- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120407T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 1009 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT... * AFFECTED AREA...INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL. && $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 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.