Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 7, 2008, 3:45 AM MDT for 14 counties in Montana; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 7, 2008, 7:57 AM MDT. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 7, 2008, 3:45 AM MDT (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 7, 2008, 7:57 AM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2008, 8:37 AM MDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 4410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KMSO 070945 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 345 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 MTZ108>111-071800- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.080807T1800Z-080808T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0004.080807T1800Z-080808T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 345 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER SOUTHWEST MONTANA WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS SLOWLY INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY DRY. THUS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM TODAY WILL PRODUCE LITTLE PRECIPITATION THAT ACTUALLY REACHES THE GROUND. GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. 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. $$ IDZ102-103-071800- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0002.080807T1800Z-080808T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 245 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER CENTRAL IDAHO RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IN THE LOWER LEVELS OR THE ATMOSPHERE HAS SLOWLY INCREASED...THE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE SURFACE REMAINS VERY DRY. THUS ANY STORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE LITTLE PRECIPITATION WHICH REACHES THE GROUND. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KMSO 071357 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 757 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 IDZ102-103-072200- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.080807T1800Z-080808T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0004.080807T1400Z-080808T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 657 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY DRY. THUS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM TODAY WILL PRODUCE LITTLE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. 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. $$ MTZ104-106-072200- /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0004.080807T1400Z-080808T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-WEST LOLO- 757 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE KOOTENAI...WEST LOLO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY DRY. THUS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM TODAY WILL PRODUCE LITTLE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MTZ108>111-072200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0004.080807T1800Z-080808T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 757 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER SOUTHWEST MONTANA WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY DRY. THUS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM TODAY WILL PRODUCE LITTLE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 072113 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 313 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 IDZ102-103-MTZ104-106-108>111-080515- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-KOOTENAI-WEST LOLO- EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 313 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 /213 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...KOOTENAI...WEST LOLO...EAST LOLO... BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT. INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAIRLY DRY. THUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING LITTLE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 072308 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 508 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 MTZ104-080015- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ KOOTENAI- 508 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE KOOTENAI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE KOOTENAI AREA TONIGHT. STILL MAY SEE SOME OVERNIGHT SHOWERS BUT LIGHTNING THREAT WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ IDZ102-103-MTZ106-108>111-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-WEST LOLO-EAST LOLO- BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 508 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 /408 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...WEST LOLO...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT. INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAIRLY DRY. THUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING LITTLE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 080324 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 924 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 MTZ110-111-080430- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 924 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE. ONLY ISOLATED...WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. $$ IDZ102-103-MTZ106-108-109-080900- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T0900Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-WEST LOLO-EAST LOLO- BITTERROOT- 924 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2008 /824 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT /2 AM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...WEST LOLO...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT /2 AM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER A DRY PERIOD. INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE HAS MOISTENED UP AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME WET. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KMSO 080856 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 256 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 MTZ106-108-081000- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T0900Z/ WEST LOLO-EAST LOLO- 256 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...EAST LOLO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE ATMOSPHERE APPEARS TO HAVE MOISTENED SUFFICIENTLY SUCH THAT THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINFALL. HOWEVER FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. $$ IDZ102-103-MTZ109-081700- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T1800Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 256 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 /156 AM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS OVER OREGON AND SOUTHERN IDAHO WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BUT WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF PRODUCING WETTING RAINFALL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ DICKERSON
000 WWUS85 KMSO 081437 RFWMSO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 837 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-081545- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080808T1800Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 837 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008 /737 AM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE ATMOSPHERE APPEARS TO HAVE MOISTENED SUFFICIENTLY SUCH THAT THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINFALL. HOWEVER FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.