Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 20, 2016, 3:27 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2016, 5:59 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
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 2395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
289 WWUS81 KOKX 200727 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 327 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID BRUSH FIRE SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... CTZ005>012-201600- /O.UPG.KOKX.FW.A.0002.160420T1600Z-160420T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.FW.W.0002.160420T1400Z-160420T2200Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 327 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NYC (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
999 WWUS81 KOKX 201554 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1154 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID BRUSH FIRE SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... CTZ005>012-202200- /O.CON.KOKX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160420T2200Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 1154 AM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...SHIFTING SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...RISING TO 25-30 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/NYC (ALL LOWER CASE)
199 WWUS81 KOKX 202159 RFWOKX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 559 PM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... CTZ005>012-202300- /O.CAN.KOKX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160420T2200Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 559 PM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY INCREASING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 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 20, 3:27 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 28 hr |
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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.