Alert archive / Connecticut / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2021, 11:04 AM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 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 15, 2021, 11:04 AM EDT (15:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- 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 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 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
- 1430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 127 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
884 WWUS81 KALY 151504 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 1104 AM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 MAZ001-025-160100- /O.NEW.KALY.FW.W.0003.210315T1504Z-210316T0100Z/ Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- 1104 AM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS... * Affected Area...Berkshire County Massachusetts for areas with no snowpack. * Timing...Until 9 pm EDT. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 25 percent. * Temperatures...In the teens to mid 20s. * Impacts...Dry weather and strong 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
123 WWUS81 KALY 151754 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 154 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 CTZ001-013-160000- /O.EXB.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T0000Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield- 154 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT... * Affected Area...Litchfield County Connecticut for areas with no snowpack. * Timing...Until 8 pm EDT. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...20 to 30 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower to mid 20s. * Impacts...Dry weather and strong winds will result in critical fire weather conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ MAZ001-025-160100- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T0100Z/ Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- 154 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS... * Affected Area...Berkshire County Massachusetts for areas with no snowpack. * Timing...Until 9 pm EDT. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 25 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower to mid 20s. * Impacts...Dry weather and strong 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. && $$
671 WWUS81 KALY 160001 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 801 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 CTZ001-013-160115- /O.EXP.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T0000Z/ Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield- 801 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT... Winds have diminished and RH values are above 35 percent. $$ MAZ001-025-160115- /O.CON.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T0100Z/ Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- 801 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 001 Northern Berkshire and Fire Weather Zone 025 Southern Berkshire. * Timing...Until 9 pm EDT. * Winds...Northwest around 10 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 25 percent. * Temperatures...Around 20. * Impacts...Dry weather and strong 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. && $$
765 WWUS81 KALY 160102 RFWALY URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albany NY 902 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 MAZ001-025-160215- /O.EXP.KALY.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T0100Z/ Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire- 902 PM EDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS... Winds have diminished and RH values are above 35 percent. $$
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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.