Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 28, 2006, 2:53 PM MDT for 16 counties in Montana; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 29, 2006, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 32 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 28, 2006, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2006, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2006, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
All 21 counties
Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 2446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KMSO 282053 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 253 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006 MTZ108-291530- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2000Z-060731T0400Z/ EAST LOLO- 253 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSES THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN STRONGER PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH SOME HUMIDITY RECOVERIES CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL 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. $$ MTZ109>111-291530- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.060729T2000Z-060731T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2000Z-060731T0400Z/ BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 253 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS LOW HUMIDITIES AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF A COOL PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE MOVING INLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DIP INTO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO WINDS AND HUMIDITIES...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LATE- DAY THUNDERSTORMS CONTRIBUTING TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ104>107-291530- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 253 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A WEAK DISTURBANCE SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN STRONGER PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH LATE SATURDAY WILL BECOME WEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH SOME HUMIDITY RECOVERIES CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KMSO 291320 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 720 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 MTZ104>107-300130- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 720 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TODAY WILL BECOME WEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ108>111-300130- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2000Z-060731T0400Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 720 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 291524 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 924 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 MTZ104>107-300330- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 924 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TODAY WILL BECOME WEST 20 TO 30 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ108>111-300330- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2000Z-060731T0400Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 924 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 291727 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1127 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 MTZ108>111-300500- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2000Z-060731T0400Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1127 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ104>107-300500- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060729T2200Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 1127 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TODAY WILL BECOME WEST 20 TO 30 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL 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. $$ IDZ102-103-300500- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0003.060730T1500Z-060730T2100Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 1027 AM PDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 300256 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 856 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 MTZ104>111-301100- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 856 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT SUNDAY... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STRENGTHENS TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL 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. $$ IDZ102-103-301100- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.A.0003.060730T1900Z-060731T0200Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 756 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 301038 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 438 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 MTZ104>111-301845- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 438 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL 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. $$ IDZ102-103-301845- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0003.060730T1900Z-060731T0200Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 338 AM PDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 301151 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 551 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 IDZ102-103-302000- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.060730T1900Z-060731T0200Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060730T1900Z-060731T0200Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 451 AM PDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 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. $$ MTZ104>111-302000- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 551 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 301415 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 815 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 MTZ104>111-302200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 815 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THEN THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. $$ IDZ102-103-302200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.060730T1900Z-060731T0200Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 715 AM PDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THEN THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. COOLER AIR WITH BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PROLONGING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 302112 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 312 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 IDZ102-103-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0200Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 212 PM PDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. THE FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS FRONT DID BRING IN COOLER AIR...BUT IT REMAINED QUITE DRY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. 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. $$ MTZ104>111-310400- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 312 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. THE FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS FRONT DID BRING IN COOLER AIR...BUT IT REMAINED QUITE DRY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 310330 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 930 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 MTZ104>111-310430- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060731T0400Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 930 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO DIE DOWN THIS EVENING AND WITH THE TEMPERATURES COOLING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER MET. BREEZY WINDS AND LOW DEW POINTS...ALONG WITH DRY FUELS...WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FIRE DANGER LEVEL HIGH. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2006Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006
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.