Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2012, 3:38 AM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 3, 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 3, 2012, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
726 WWUS81 KOKX 030738 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 338 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 CTZ006>008-010>012-031800- /O.UPG.KOKX.FW.A.0002.120403T1400Z-120403T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.W.0002.120403T1400Z-120403T2300Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 338 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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...SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
222 WWUS81 KOKX 031318 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 918 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 NYZ079-081-032300- /O.EXA.KOKX.FW.W.0002.120403T1400Z-120403T2300Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 918 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN SUFFOLK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CTZ006>008-010>012-032300- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0002.120403T1400Z-120403T2300Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 918 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT... * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
525 WWUS81 KOKX 031946 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 346 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 CTZ006>008-010>012-NYZ079-081-040400- /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.A.0003.120404T1500Z-120404T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120403T2300Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 346 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING INTO THIS EVENING. FIRE WEATHER WATCH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN THE TEENS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CTZ005-009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078-080-176>179- 040400- /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.A.0003.120404T1500Z-120404T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 346 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$
122 WWUS81 KOKX 032306 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 706 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 CTZ006>008-010>012-NYZ079-081-040830- /O.EXP.KOKX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120403T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.FW.A.0003.120404T1500Z-120404T2300Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 706 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND... * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CTZ005-009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078-080-176>179- 040830- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.A.0003.120404T1500Z-120404T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 706 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT... * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 40 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 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.