Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2013, 4:42 AM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 6, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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 6, 2013, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
666 WWUS81 KBOX 060842 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS... NHZ012-061645- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0002.130406T1400Z-130406T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0002.130406T1300Z-130406T2100Z/ EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- 442 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ NHZ011-015-061645- /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0002.130406T1300Z-130406T2100Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 442 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL AS CHESHIRE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREAS...CHESHIRE NH AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH...ACROSS AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ MAZ002>021-026-061645- /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0002.130406T1300Z-130406T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 442 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA... NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA... EASTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...WESTERN HAMPDEN MA... EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA... SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SUFFOLK MA... EASTERN NORFOLK MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA... EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA... SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA. * AFFECTED AREAS...MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND IN AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 40S TO AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/
2 follow-up statements
660 WWUS81 KBOX 060854 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 454 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS... NHZ011-012-015-061700- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0002.130406T1300Z-130406T2100Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 454 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL AS CHESHIRE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREAS...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE... ACROSS AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ MAZ002>021-026-061700- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0002.130406T1300Z-130406T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 454 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA... NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA... EASTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...WESTERN HAMPDEN MA... EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA... SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SUFFOLK MA... EASTERN NORFOLK MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA... EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA... SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA. * AFFECTED AREAS...MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND IN AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 40S TO AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/
471 WWUS81 KBOX 061457 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1057 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS... NHZ011-012-015-062100- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130406T2100Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 1057 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL AS CHESHIRE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREAS...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE... ACROSS AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ MAZ002>021-026-062100- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130406T2100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 1057 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA... NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA... EASTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...WESTERN HAMPDEN MA... EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA... SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SUFFOLK MA... EASTERN NORFOLK MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA... EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA... SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA. * AFFECTED AREAS...MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND IN AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S TO AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 40 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2013Red Flag Warnings in New Hampshire, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
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.