Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Apr 22, 2008, 3:45 AM MDT (09:45 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 22, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT

Expired

Apr 22, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS83 KBIS 220945
RFWBIS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
445 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT GRASSLANDS...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE
FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO MANITOBA TODAY...AND A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM
THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING.
AFTER THE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH...SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS
OVER MOST OF THE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF
THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO
CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR...THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT
TODAY. 

NDZ004-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-221045-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FW.A.0005.080422T1800Z-080423T0200Z/
BOTTINEAU-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
445 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH
WEST WINDS DEVELOPING AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL BE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA TODAY. HOWEVER...WITH THE GUSTY
WINDS EXPECTED...CAUTION IS ADVISED SHOULD ANY BURNING BE ATTEMPTED.

$$

NDZ001>003-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-221745-
/O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0005.080422T1800Z-080423T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0013.080422T1800Z-080423T0300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
445 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 /345 AM MDT TUE APR 22 2008/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT GRASSLANDS...

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 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE
FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO MANITOBA TODAY...AND A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM
THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING.
AFTER THE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH...SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS
OVER MOST OF THE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF
THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO
CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR...THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT
TODAY. 

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.

$$

JV

000 
WWUS83 KBIS 221732
RFWBIS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1232 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS..LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES..AND DORMANT GRASSLANDS...

.SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE TEENS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AND AVAILABLE DRY FUEL
REMAINS HIGH. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR.

NDZ001>003-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-230145-
/O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.080422T1800Z-080423T0300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
1232 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 /1132 AM MDT TUE APR 22 2008/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE TEENS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AND AVAILABLE DRY FUEL
REMAINS HIGH. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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.

$$

JWS

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