Alert archive / New Jersey / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 19, 2016, 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 19, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2016, 7:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
028 WWUS81 KOKX 190740 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 340 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID BRUSH FIRE SPREAD TODAY... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 191600- /O.UPG.KOKX.FW.A.0001.160419T1600Z-160420T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.W.0001.160419T1600Z-160420T0000Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 340 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON 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 ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MID TO UPPER 20S. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NYC (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
943 WWUS81 KOKX 191542 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1142 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID BRUSH FIRE SPREAD DURING THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 200000- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0001.160419T1600Z-160420T0000Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1142 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS THE MID 20S. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NYC (ALL LOWER CASE)
522 WWUS81 KOKX 192022 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 422 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID BRUSH FIRE SPREAD DURING INTO EARLY EVENING... CTZ005>012-200430- /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.A.0002.160420T1600Z-160420T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160420T0000Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 422 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MID 20S. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL. && $$ NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-200000- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160420T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 422 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF TRI-STATE AREA * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MID 20S. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NYC (ALL LOWER CASE)
906 WWUS81 KOKX 192341 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 741 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID BRUSH FIRE SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... CTZ005>012-201000- /O.CAN.KOKX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160420T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.FW.A.0002.160420T1600Z-160420T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 741 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL. && $$ NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-200045- /O.CAN.KOKX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160420T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 741 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING LESS FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRE. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NYC (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 15 hr | |
| Apr 19, 4:22 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 11 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2016Red Flag Warnings in New York, 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.