Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2012, 3:57 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 10, 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 10, 2012, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 7:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 3270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067 WWUS81 KOKX 100757 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 357 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 NYZ067>071-100900- /O.CAN.KOKX.FW.A.0008.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 357 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-101600- /O.UPG.KOKX.FW.A.0008.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.W.0006.120410T1400Z-120411T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 357 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE FIRE RISK WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO DRY CONDITIONS...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. AS A RESULT...ANY FIRES THAT START MAY QUICKLY SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
094 WWUS81 KOKX 101538 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1138 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-110000- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1138 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND... * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE FIRE RISK WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO DRY CONDITIONS...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. AS A RESULT...ANY FIRES THAT START MAY QUICKLY SPREAD. 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 A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
972 WWUS81 KOKX 101935 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 335 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-110000- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 335 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...AND LONG ISLAND... * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 26 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE FIRE RISK WILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO DRY CONDITIONS...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. AS A RESULT...ANY FIRES THAT START MAY QUICKLY SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
991 WWUS81 KOKX 102326 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 726 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-110030- /O.CAN.KOKX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 726 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT TONIGHT...AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | OKX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 10, 4:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 11 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.