Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Apr 18, 2015, 4:16 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 18, 2015, 12:00 PM 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 18, 2015, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2015, 8:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
455 WWUS81 KBOX 180816 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 416 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 MAZ002>005-008>012-026-RIZ001-180930- /O.CAN.KBOX.FW.A.0001.150418T1600Z-150419T0000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- 416 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. PLEASE VIEW THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR MA...AS WELL AS NW RI. $$ CTZ002>004-181630- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0001.150418T1600Z-150419T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0002.150418T1600Z-150419T0000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- 416 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 ..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL /RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 30 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER/. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM TODAY. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON THROUGH LATE-AFTERNOON...WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING MID- TO LATE-AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ANY FIRES THAT START MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
2 follow-up statements
598 WWUS81 KBOX 182310 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 710 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 CTZ002>004-190100- /O.EXT.KBOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150419T0100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- 710 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL /RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 30 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER/. * AFFECTED AREA...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEYOND SUNSET. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
125 WWUS81 KBOX 190029 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 829 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 CTZ002>004-190130- /O.CAN.KBOX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150419T0100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- 829 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD RISE ABOVE THE 30 PERCENT THRESHOLD. WHILE WINDS ARE SUSTAINED CLOSE TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH...THEY SHOULD DROP OFF THRU THE EVENING ALSO BELOW FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
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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.