Alert archive / Massachusetts / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2021, 1:47 PM EST for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 13, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 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
- Mar 12, 2021, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2021, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925 WWUS81 KALY 121847 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 147 PM EST Fri Mar 12 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-131100- /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0001.210313T1200Z-210313T2200Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- 147 PM EST Fri Mar 12 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MA AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT... The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty northwest winds and very low relative humidity, which is in effect from 7 AM to 5 PM EST Saturday. * Affected Area...Berkshire County Massachusetts, and Litchfield County Connecticut for locations where a snow pack no longer exists. * Timing...Saturday morning through late afternoon. * Winds...West to northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 25 to 30 percent. * Temperatures...Highs in the mid-30s to low 40s. * 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. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
1 follow-up statement
062 WWUS81 KALY 130815 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 315 AM EST Sat Mar 13 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-132200- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0001.210313T1200Z-210313T2200Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- 315 AM EST Sat Mar 13 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS BERKSHIRE COUNTY MA AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT... * Affected Area...Berkshire County Massachusetts, and Litchfield County Connecticut for locations where a snow pack no longer exists. * Timing...This morning through late afternoon. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 25 to 30 percent. * Temperatures...Highs in the mid 30s to low 40s. * Impacts...Dry weather and gusty winds will result in critical fire weather conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:27 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 27 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Massachusetts, 2021Red Flag Warnings in Connecticut, 2021Every red flag warning in 2021
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.