Alert archive / Rhode Island / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Nov 24, 2013, 3:34 AM EST for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Nov 24, 2013, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 24, 2013, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2013, 3:59 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
124 WWUS81 KBOX 240834 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 334 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 CTZ002>004-RIZ001>004-241645- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0003.131124T1500Z-131124T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0003.131124T1500Z-131124T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- 334 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AND PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID MORNING SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S. * 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 ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
2 follow-up statements
188 WWUS81 KBOX 241505 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1005 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 CTZ002>004-RIZ001>004-242100- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131124T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- 1005 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * AFFECTED AREA...HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
136 WWUS81 KBOX 242059 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 359 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 CTZ002>004-RIZ001>004-242200- /O.CAN.KBOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131124T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- 359 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. AS THE SUN SETS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE AND WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 7:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 61 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Rhode Island, 2013Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 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.