Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2012, 9:49 PM EDT for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 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 8, 2012, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
All 33 counties
Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
639 WWUS81 KCTP 090149 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 949 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-091815- /O.UPG.KCTP.FW.A.0003.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.FW.W.0004.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 949 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ DEVOIR/GARTNER
4 follow-up statements
042 WWUS81 KCTP 091235 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 835 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-100000- /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0004.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 835 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * WINDS... WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 50S ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA...AND BETWEEN 60 AND 65 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ LAMBERT
666 WWUS81 KCTP 091535 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1135 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-100000- /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0004.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 1135 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 50S ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA...AND BETWEEN 60 AND 65 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ LAMBERT
306 WWUS81 KCTP 091951 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 351 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 PAZ025>028-034>036-056>059-063>066-100400- /O.NEW.KCTP.FW.A.0004.120410T1700Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY- DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 351 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH...DECREASING TONIGHT. FOR TUESDAY...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING TONIGHT. FOR TUESDAY...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-033-037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 100000- /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- 351 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH...DECREASING TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. 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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MS/BL
359 WWUS81 KCTP 100016 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 816 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 PAZ025>028-034>036-056>059-063>066-101300- /O.EXP.KCTP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.FW.A.0004.120410T1700Z-120411T0000Z/ BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY- DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 816 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY... ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SAME AREA HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 14 TO 19 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-033-037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 100130- /O.EXP.KCTP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- 816 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ DEVOIR
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon | 62 min |
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.