Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Jul 16, 2006, 3:47 AM MDT for 30 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 16, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Jul 16, 2006, 3:47 AM MDT (09:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2006, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 30 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 4957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KBIS 160947 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 447 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 102...VERY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WILL AGAIN CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE CONTAINMENT OF FIRES DIFFICULT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-161800- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0007.060716T1800Z-060717T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0013.060716T1800Z-060717T0400Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 447 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 /347 AM MDT SUN JUL 16 2006/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 102...VERY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WILL AGAIN CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ JV
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS83 KBIS 161555 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1055 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 90S TO NEAR 105...VERY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WILL AGAIN CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE CONTAINMENT OF FIRES DIFFICULT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-170400- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.060716T1800Z-060717T0400Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1055 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 /955 AM MDT SUN JUL 16 2006/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 102...VERY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WILL AGAIN CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
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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.