Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 16, 2007, 3:40 AM MDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 16, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 16, 2007, 3:40 AM MDT (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2007, 6:03 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2155 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 160940 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 440 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON FOR BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .THE COMBINED AFFECT OF SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL CREATE RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-161745- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0013.070916T1800Z-070917T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 440 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 /340 AM MDT SUN SEP 16 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 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 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE COMBINED AFFECT OF SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL CREATE RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KBIS 161530 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1030 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON FOR BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN MONTANA WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTH WINDS TO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINED AFFECT OF WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS...WILL CREATE RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-170000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.070916T1800Z-070917T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 1030 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 /930 AM MDT SUN SEP 16 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE COMBINED AFFECT OF SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CREATE RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TWH
000 WWUS83 KBIS 162054 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 354 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON FOR BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN MONTANA IS PRODUCING SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE TEENS AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEREFORE...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM MDT. AFTER 6 PM MDT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITIES. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-170000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070917T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 354 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 /254 PM MDT SUN SEP 16 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. 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. $$ TWH
000 WWUS83 KBIS 170003 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 703 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... .EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL COOL...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE AND THE DANGER FOR RANGELAND FIRE WILL DECREASE. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-170115- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070917T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 703 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007 /603 PM MDT SUN SEP 16 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL COOL...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE AND THE DANGER FOR RANGELAND FIRE WILL DECREASE. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ABELING
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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.