Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2007, 4:35 AM MDT for 29 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 2, 2007, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- May 2, 2007, 4:35 AM MDT (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2007, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 29 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 021035 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 535 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 70S WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 2O TO 25 PERCENT. PERCENT GREEN VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG WITH THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL MEAN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE ALERTED OF THE EXPLOSIVE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-021845- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0002.070502T1500Z-070503T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0002.070502T1700Z-070503T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 535 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 /435 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 20 TO 25 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. 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. $$ NH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KBIS 021634 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1134 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 70S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT. PERCENT GREEN VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT...ALONG WITH THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL MEAN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE ALERTED OF THE EXPLOSIVE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-030045- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0002.070502T1700Z-070503T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 1134 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 /1034 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KBIS 022100 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 400 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 60S EAST TO MID 70S WEST...ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS AS LOW AS THE LOWER 30S...ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE MINIMUM HUMIDITIES IN THE MID 20S THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE ADDING TO THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL. THESE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY. BUT WITH LITTLE RECOVERY TONIGHT...AND WINDS AS STRONG OR POSSIBLY STRONGER ON THURSDAY...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED AGAIN TO COVER THE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL ON THURSDAY. FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE INFORMED OF THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THUR DAY. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-030200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070503T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 400 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 /300 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TWH
000 WWUS83 KBIS 030133 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 833 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-030245- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070503T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 833 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 /733 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE 30 PERCENT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. $$ JF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:49 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 14 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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.