Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2008, 4:03 AM MDT for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 24, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 12 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
- Mar 24, 2008, 4:03 AM MDT (10:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 26 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, McHenry 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:51 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Williston, ND | |
| Mar 24, 1:11 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Dickinson, ND | |
| Mar 24, 3:02 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 S New Salem, ND | |
| Mar 24, 3:04 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 S Killdeer, ND | |
| Mar 24, 3:14 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 47 | Grassy Butte, ND | |
| Mar 24, 4:14 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 Wnw Parshall, ND | HOTEL SITE |
| Mar 24, 4:17 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Wnw Balfour, ND | ALPHA SITE |
| Mar 24, 4:29 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | Crosby, ND | |
| Mar 24, 4:47 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 E Moffit, ND | LONG LAKE NWR |
| Mar 24, 5:00 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | Denhoff, ND | |
| Mar 24, 5:16 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 7 N Emmet, ND | ECHO SITE |
| Mar 24, 5:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 9 Sse Benedict, ND | CHARLIE SITE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 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 241003 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 503 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT VEGETATION... .STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING NOT ONLY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DORMANT GRASS WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN SNOW OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRONE TO CARRY FIRE EASILY SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE OVER THE PRAIRIE. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-241815- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0002.080324T1800Z-080325T0300Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX-EMMONS- 503 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 /403 AM MDT MON MAR 24 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT VEGETATION... 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. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING NOT ONLY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DORMANT GRASS WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN SNOW OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRONE TO CARRY FIRE EASILY SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE OVER THE PRAIRIE. 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
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KBIS 241646 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1146 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT VEGETATION... .STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING NOT ONLY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DORMANT GRASS WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN SNOW OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRONE TO CARRY FIRE EASILY SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE OVER THE PRAIRIE. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-250100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0002.080324T1800Z-080325T0300Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX-EMMONS- 1146 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 /1046 AM MDT MON MAR 24 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. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING NOT ONLY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DORMANT GRASS WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN SNOW OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRONE TO CARRY FIRE EASILY SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE OVER THE PRAIRIE. 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 241757 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1257 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT VEGETATION... .STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING NOT ONLY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DORMANT GRASS WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN SNOW OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRONE TO CARRY FIRE EASILY SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE OVER THE PRAIRIE. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-250300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0002.080324T1800Z-080325T0300Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX-EMMONS- 1257 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 /1157 AM MDT MON MAR 24 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. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING NOT ONLY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DORMANT GRASS WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN SNOW OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRONE TO CARRY FIRE EASILY SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE OVER THE PRAIRIE. 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. $$ KS/RSL/JV
000 WWUS83 KBIS 250330 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1030 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 ...WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NO LONGER CRITICAL FOR WILDFIRES... .THE WINDS HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE 50 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>035-040>046-250430- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080325T0300Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX-EMMONS- 1030 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 /930 PM MDT MON MAR 24 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AND WINDS HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED. $$ ABELING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:55 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:14 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.