Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2021, 3:32 AM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 14, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 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 14, 2021, 3:32 AM EDT (07:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 07:37 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 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 2002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
050 WWUS81 KALY 140732 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 332 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-142100- /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0002.210314T1200Z-210315T0000Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- 332 AM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND 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...8 AM this morning to 8 PM this evening. * Winds...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 30 percent. * Temperatures...In the 30S to lower 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
385 WWUS81 KALY 141922 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 322 PM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-150000- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210315T0000Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- 322 PM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS BERKSHIRE COUNTY MA AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT... * Affected Area...Berkshire County Massachusetts, and Litchfield County Connecticut for locations where a snow pack no longer exists. * Timing...through 8 PM this evening. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 31 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower to mid 30s. * Impacts...Dry weather and gusty winds will result in critical fire weather conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
373 WWUS81 KALY 142355 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 755 PM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-150100- /O.EXP.KALY.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210315T0000Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire- 755 PM EDT Sun Mar 14 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. The Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire as relative humidities recover tonight, however gusty winds will persist. Elevated fire weather conditions are likely to exist tomorrow. $$
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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.