Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 6, 2007, 10:21 PM MDT for 10 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jul 7, 2007, 1:00 PM 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
- Jul 6, 2007, 10:21 PM MDT (04:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2007, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2007, 9:54 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Madison County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 2522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KMSO 070421 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1021 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 MTZ108>111-071100- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070707T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1021 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BREEZY WINDS DURING A PROLONGED DRY PERIOD FOR THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT AND DEERLODGE/BEAVERHEAD AREAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY...BUT WILL MOISTEN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE ONGOING DRY CONDITIONS AND BREEZY WINDS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE FIRE POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ104>107-070530- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070707T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 1021 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE KOOTENAI...FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK...WEST LOLO...SALISH...AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION AREAS. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NO LONGER CRITICALLY LOW. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ IDZ103-071100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 921 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BREEZY WINDS DURING A PROLONGED DRY PERIOD FOR THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. STORMS WILL INITIALLY START DRY...BUT WILL MOISTEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE ONGOING DRY CONDITIONS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KMSO 070422 CCA RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1021 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 MTZ108>111-071100- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070707T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1021 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BREEZY WINDS DURING A PROLONGED DRY PERIOD FOR THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT AND DEERLODGE/BEAVERHEAD AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY...BUT WILL MOISTEN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE ONGOING DRY CONDITIONS AND BREEZY WINDS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE FIRE POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ104>107-070530- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070707T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 1021 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE KOOTENAI...FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK...WEST LOLO...SALISH...AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION AREAS. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NO LONGER CRITICALLY LOW. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ IDZ103-071100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 921 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BREEZY WINDS DURING A PROLONGED DRY PERIOD FOR THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. STORMS WILL INITIALLY START DRY...BUT WILL MOISTEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE ONGOING DRY CONDITIONS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 070941 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 341 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 IDZ103-MTZ108>111-072200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0003.070707T1900Z-070708T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 341 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 /241 AM PDT SAT JUL 7 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MDT /12 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BREEZY WINDS DURING A PROLONGED DRY PERIOD FOR THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE EAST LOLO BITTERROOT DEERLODGE/BEAVERHEAD AREAS... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL INITIALLY START OFF AS MOSTLY DRY...BUT WILL MOISTEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG WITH BREEZY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE ONGOING DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 072029 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 229 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 IDZ103-MTZ108>111-080500- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070708T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 229 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 /129 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEGUN TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH MOST ARE EXPECTED TO CONTAIN SOME PRECIPITATION (AND A FEW MAY EVEN BE WETTING)...THE DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE PAST WEEK AS WELL AS BREEZY WINDS WITH THESE CELLS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 080354 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 954 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 IDZ103-MTZ108>111-080500- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070708T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 948 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 /848 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA HAVE BEEN QUITE WET THIS EVENING WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING A WETTING RAIN SUBSEQUENTLY MOISTENING AND COOLING THE ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER THE BULK OF THIS CONVECTION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE CANCELED. $$ DICKERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Powell | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Lemhi | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Lemhi | 45 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.