Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2008, 4:32 AM CDT for 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 4, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- May 4, 2008, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 3488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 040932 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 432 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FROM THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH THROUGH GRIGGS...STEELE...BARNES...RANSOM...AND SARGENT COUNTIES. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-041745- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0004.080504T1700Z-080505T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 432 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH THROUGH GRIGGS...STEELE...BARNES...RANSOM...AND SARGENT COUNTIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND VERY DRY VEGETATION...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ SCHULTZ/JH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS83 KFGF 050203 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 903 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-050315- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080505T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 903 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE ALSO INCREASED...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ GODON
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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.