Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2015, 4:15 AM EDT for 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 4, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 4, 2015, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2015, 7:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Columbia County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WWUS81 KCTP 040815 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 415 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2015 PAZ037-041-042-046-051>053-058-059-066-041615- /O.UPG.KCTP.FW.A.0002.150504T1600Z-150505T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.FW.W.0002.150504T1600Z-150505T0000Z/ TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-LANCASTER- 415 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 037...041... 042...046...051...052...053...058...059 AND 066... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COUNTIES FROM THE NEW YORK BORDER SOUTH TO THE MARYLAND BORDER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15-20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF WILD FIRES...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
584 WWUS81 KCTP 041533 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1133 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2015 PAZ037-041-042-046-051>053-058-059-066-042345- /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0002.150504T1600Z-150505T0000Z/ TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-LANCASTER- 1133 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 037...041...042... 046...051...052...053...058...059 AND 066... * AFFECTED AREA...THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COUNTIES FROM THE NEW YORK BORDER SOUTH TO THE MARYLAND BORDER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 TO 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF WILD FIRES...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CTP (ALL LOWER CASE)
754 WWUS81 KCTP 042308 RFWCTP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 708 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2015 PAZ037-041-042-046-051>053-058-059-066-050015- /O.CAN.KCTP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150505T0000Z/ TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-LANCASTER- 708 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 037...041...042... 046...051...052...053...058...059 AND 066... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS BEEN SEEN EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY RISING ABOVE 30 PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED ONE HOUR EARLY. MODERATE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES AND CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CTP (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.