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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 21, 20165 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 21, 2016, 10:44 AM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. 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
Apr 21, 2016, 10:44 AM EDT (14:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WWUS81 KBGM 211444
RFWBGM

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1044 AM EDT THU APR 21 2016


PAZ043-044-047-048-072-212100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FW.W.0002.160421T1444Z-160421T2100Z/
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1044 AM EDT THU APR 21 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...WYOMING, LACKAWANNA, LUZERNE, PIKE, S. WAYNE.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...67 TO 73.

* LIGHTNING...NONE.

* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS.

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

PADAVONA

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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.