Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2008, 4:39 AM CDT for Benson County, Eddy County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 17, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2008, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2008, 11:19 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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 KFGF 170939 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 439 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS BENSON AND EDDY COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP VERY LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT AROUND 10 MPH FROM THE WEST BECOMING SOUTHERLY BY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NDZ014-024-171745- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0002.080417T1700Z-080418T0200Z/ BENSON-EDDY- 439 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP VERY LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT AROUND 10 MPH FROM THE WEST BECOMING SOUTHERLY BY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS BENSON AND EDDY COUNTIES. 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. $$ G2
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS83 KFGF 171619 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1119 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. NDZ014-024-171730- /O.CAN.KFGF.FW.W.0002.080417T1700Z-080418T0200Z/ BENSON-EDDY- 1119 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HOPKINS
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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.