Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this red flag warning at Apr 20, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT for 13 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 20, 2016, 10:00 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 20, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
307 WWUS81 KBOX 200716 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 316 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-201530- /O.UPG.KBOX.FW.A.0003.160420T1600Z-160420T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FW.W.0003.160420T1400Z-160420T2200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 316 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS OCCUR THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 25 PERCENT IN MOST LOCATIONS BUT VALUES WILL BE A BIT HIGHER ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * 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. && $$ FRANK 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
1 follow-up statement
319 WWUS81 KBOX 201501 RFWBOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1101 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-202200- /O.CON.KBOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160420T2200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1101 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS OCCUR THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 25 PERCENT IN MOST LOCATIONS BUT VALUES WILL BE A BIT HIGHER ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * 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/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:09 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth | 28 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Rhode Island, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.