Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 18, 2007, 3:45 AM MDT for 13 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Aug 18, 2007, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2007, 3:45 AM MDT (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2007, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 N Dillon, MT | |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 12 W Whitehall, MT | A MIX OF HAIL SIZES FROM PEA TO NICKLE WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 2944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 180945 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 345 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 MTZ110-181800- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0014.070818T2100Z-070819T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0018.070818T2100Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1800Z-070820T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD- 345 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT MIX TO THE SURFACE. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ IDZ103-MTZ106>109-181800- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0014.070818T2100Z-070819T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0018.070818T2100Z-070819T0300Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 345 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 /245 AM PDT SAT AUG 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MDT /2 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...WEST LOLO... SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT (ZONES 103 106 107 108 AND 109)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MDT /2 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SELWAY BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA OF CENTRAL IDAHO AND WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 TO 18 PERCENT WILL CREATE VERY ACTIVE BURNING CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME GUSTS TO UP TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...HIGHER HUMIDITIES..CLOUDS COVER AND POTENTIAL SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO OFFSET THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ111-181800- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1800Z-070820T0300Z/ EAST BEAVERHEAD- 345 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KMSO 182110 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 310 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 IDZ103-MTZ108-109-190515- /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 310 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 /210 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ110-190515- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD- 310 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT ONSET OF STORMS. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ106-107-190300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 310 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST LOLO AND SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 TO 18 PERCENT WILL CREATE VERY ACTIVE BURNING CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...HIGHER HUMIDITIES..CLOUD COVER AND SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO OFFSET THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ105-190515- /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 310 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES APPROACHES THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ111-190515- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ EAST BEAVERHEAD- 310 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 182158 CCA RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 356 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 IDZ103-MTZ108-109-190615- /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 356 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 /256 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ110-190615- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD- 356 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT ONSET OF STORMS. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ106-107-190300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 356 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST LOLO AND SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 TO 18 PERCENT WILL CREATE VERY ACTIVE BURNING CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...HIGHER HUMIDITIES..CLOUD COVER AND SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO OFFSET THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF 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. $$ MTZ105-190615- /O.COR.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 356 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE GLACIER PARK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES APPROACHES THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S...MAINLY OVER THE GLACIER PARK REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ111-190615- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ EAST BEAVERHEAD- 356 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 182217 AAB RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 417 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 IDZ103-MTZ108-109-190630- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 417 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 /317 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT (ZONES 103..108 AND 109)... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT (ZONES 103...108 AND 109)... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ110-190630- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD- 417 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD (ZONE 110)... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD (ZONE 110)... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. IN ADDITION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT ONSET OF STORMS. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ106-107-190300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 417 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION (ZONES 106 AND 107)... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST LOLO AND SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 TO 18 PERCENT WILL CREATE VERY ACTIVE BURNING CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ105-190630- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 417 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK (ZONE 105)... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES APPROACHES THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S... MAINLY OVER THE GLACIER PARK REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ111-190630- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ EAST BEAVERHEAD- 417 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST BEAVERHEAD (ZONE 111)... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 190001 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 601 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 MTZ110-190815- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD- 601 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED IN THIS AREA...SHOWERS THAT MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH SOUTHWEST MONTANA HAVE KEPT RHS UP THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS WINDS SETTLE AND TEMPERATURES COOL. ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS COULD BE STILL BE MET TODAY...MAINLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ IDZ103-MTZ108-109-190815- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 601 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 /501 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ106-107-190300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 601 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST LOLO AND SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 TO 18 PERCENT WILL CREATE VERY ACTIVE BURNING CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. 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. $$ MTZ105-190815- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 601 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES APPROACHES THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S... MAINLY OVER THE GLACIER PARK REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ MTZ111-190815- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ EAST BEAVERHEAD- 601 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST BEAVERHEAD... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 190300 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 900 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 MTZ108-109-191100- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0019.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 900 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 3 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO... BITTERROOT... ...PREVIOUS RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN TO EXPIRE ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 3 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE PREVIOUS RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPIRED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ103-190400- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 800 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA TOMORROW MORNING...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED. BECAUSE OF THIS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MTZ106-107-190400- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070819T0300Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 900 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MTZ105-190400- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070819T2100Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 900 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY HAPPEN IN THIS AREA TOMORROW MORNING...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED. BECAUSE OF THIS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MTZ110-111-191100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0015.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0019.070819T1600Z-070820T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 900 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO UPPER TEENS AND 20S. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 18, 2:47 AM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:47 AM MDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
247 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007
.DISCUSSION...FORECAST MODELS SUGGEST THAT DRIER AIR WILL BE
MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL
IDAHO TODAY. SATELLITE WV IMAGERY SEEMS TO BACK THIS UP WITH A FEW
HIGH ELEVATION RAWS SITES IN CENTRAL IDAHO ALSO SHOWING A DRYING
TREND. IN ADDITION TO DRYING...THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL MIX
TO THE SURFACE CREATING BREEZY CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THIS COMBINATION OF DRY BREEZY CONDITIONS
WILL LIKELY INCREASE FIRE BEHAVIOR AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED. ANY CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION AND LEMHI COUNTY...WHERE ENOUGH MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY EXIST. ONCE AGAIN...SMOKE WILL BE THE X-FACTOR
WITH RESPECT TO SHADING AREAS ADDING ITS CALMING EFFECT ON WINDS
AS WELL AS HOLDING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES UP A BIT DUE TO THE LACK OF
MIXING.
SUNDAY...THE LOW SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN PARKED OFF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST WILL FINALLY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST CANADA. THE
TROUGH EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST MONTANA. INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS WILL
USHER A MUCH COOLER...MOIST AIR MASS INTO THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND
NORTHWEST MONTANA. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE ADVERTISED FOR
THESE SAME AREAS. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA WILL NOT SEE
THIS BENEFICIAL MOISTURE...HOWEVER THEY WILL SEE INCREASING WEST
WINDS TO GO ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES LATER IN THE DAY. THUS A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES 110 AND 111.
SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA. A STRONG
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE WITH MUCH OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY
BEING QUITE OROGRAPHIC IN NATURE...MAINLY NORTH OF MISSOULA.
MONDAY....A CONSISTENT WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL EVENTUALLY MOISTEN
THE AIR MASS OFFERING MORE CLOUDS AND CHANCE POPS TO MOUNTAIN
LOCATIONS...WHILE VALLEYS WILL ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE POTENTIAL.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS
DURING THE AFTERNOON.
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING ASHORE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. MODELS ALSO SUGGEST AN ENHANCEMENT
IN THE POLAR JET STREAM NOSING IN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN
SYNC WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL WAVE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO
LIFTING MECHANISMS ALONG WITH A SLUG OF PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL
RESULT IN HIGHER CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS AT
LEAST NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AS WELL AS NORTHWEST MONTANA (FROM THE
BITTERROOT VALLEY NORTHWARD) AND LESSER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION
ACROSS LOCATIONS FURTHER SOUTH. BREEZY WINDS AND BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH THE
SYSTEMS PASSAGE.
DRIER AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AS WE TRANSITION TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH. IF SKIES CLEAR ENOUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
LOW TEMPERATURES COULD TURN QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN WHAT WEVE
BEEN USED TO LATELY. BEYOND WEDNESDAY LONGER RANGE MODELS
CONTINUE A MEAN TROUGH OVER THE AREA WITH GRADUALLY RISING 500MB
HEIGHTS EACH DAY GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO
GRADUALLY RISING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK. BUT I EXPECT
THESE READINGS TO REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL VALUES.
&&
.AVIATION... AREAS OF SMOKE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA. PLEASE SEE APPROPRIATE TAFS
AND TWEBS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...AN ACTIVE BURNING PERIOD EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. HUMIDITIES WILL TAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIP THIS AFTERNOON AS
WINDS ALOFT MIX TO THE SURFACE. THICK SMOKE ACROSS SOME AREAS OF
THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE AND BITTERROOT N.F. WILL INHIBIT THIS
MIXING BY EITHER DELAYING ONSET OF WINDS OR DIMINISHING THE
STRENGTH OF WINDS.
A WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN
MONTANA SUNDAY. HIGHER HUMIDITIES...CLOUDS AND THE POTENTIAL OF
AFTERNOON SHOWERS WILL OFFSET THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE WINDS.
HOWEVER...THE BEAVERHEAD/DEERLODGE N.F. WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM
INCREASED MOISTURE...THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR BITTERROOT-EAST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI
RESERVATION-WEST LOLO.
ID...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MSJ
LONG TERM....DICKERSON
AVIATION...MSJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:45 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson and 7 more | 17 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.