Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2008, 3:21 AM MDT for 36 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 17, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 17, 2008, 3:21 AM MDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 36 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure 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, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 3283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 170921 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 421 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A COMBINATION OF NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS RANGELAND FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-171730- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0008.080517T1800Z-080518T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0021.080517T1800Z-080518T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 421 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 /321 AM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... 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 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. $$ JV
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KBIS 171603 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1103 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A COMBINATION OF NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS RANGELAND FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-180200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0021.080517T1800Z-080518T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1103 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 /1003 AM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TWH
000 WWUS83 KBIS 180213 RFWBIS RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 913 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WEATHER CONDITIONS NO LONGER OCCURRING... .THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ABOVE 25 PERCENT. THE REG FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-180315- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080518T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 913 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 /813 PM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NO LONGER CRITICAL. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$ ABELING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:12 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 17 hr |
| May 17, 2:51 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Foster, Kidder, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette and 3 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.