Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Oct 4, 2011, 2:52 AM MDT for Bowman County, Slope County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Oct 4, 2011, 2:52 AM MDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bowman County, ND, Slope County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007 WWUS83 KBIS 040852 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 352 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTHWEST... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTH CENTRAL... .SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST ARE FORECAST TO REACH AROUND 90 DEGREES WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CURING GRASSES IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE STRONGEST OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID 80S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. VEGETATIVE GREENNESS IS LOWER IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING SOUTH DAKOTA...NAMELY GRANT...SIOUX...AND EMMONS COUNTIES. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ040-043-041700- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0005.111004T1800Z-111005T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0005.111004T1800Z-111005T0100Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 252 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FAR BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...REACHING AROUND 90 DEGREES. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NDZ042-045-046-041700- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0006.111005T1800Z-111006T0100Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- 352 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /252 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW VEGETATIVE GREENNESS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...GRANT...EMMONS...AND SIOUX COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH MAY OCCUR SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ JV
3 follow-up statements
183 WWUS83 KBIS 042051 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 351 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTHWEST... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTH CENTRAL... .SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST ARE FORECAST TO REACH AROUND 90 DEGREES WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CURING GRASSES IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE STRONGEST OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID 80S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. VEGETATIVE GREENNESS IS LOWER IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING SOUTH DAKOTA...NAMELY GRANT... SIOUX...AND EMMONS COUNTIES. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ040-043-050100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111005T0100Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 251 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FAR BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN NORTH DAKOTA..BOWMAN AND SLOPE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...REACHING AROUND 90 DEGREES. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NDZ042-045-046-050900- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0006.111005T1800Z-111006T0100Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- 351 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /251 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN NORTH DAKOTA...SIOUX...GRANT AND EMMONS * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH MAY OCCUR SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
478 WWUS83 KBIS 042329 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 629 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTHWEST... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTH CENTRAL... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WERE OCCURRING OVER BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AS OF 5 PM MDT. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S...HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND CURING GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE STRONGEST OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID 80S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. VEGETATIVE GREENNESS IS LOWER IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING SOUTH DAKOTA...NAMELY GRANT... SIOUX...AND EMMONS COUNTIES. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ040-043-050100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111005T0100Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 529 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FAR BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN NORTH DAKOTA...40...43 * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NDZ042-045-046-051130- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0006.111005T1800Z-111006T0100Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- 629 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /529 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN NORTH DAKOTA...42...45...46 * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH MAY OCCUR SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TWH
015 WWUS83 KBIS 050110 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 810 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FAR SOUTHWEST... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR SOUTH CENTRAL... .SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH RISING HUMIDITIES. THEREFORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ON WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE STRONGEST OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID 80S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. VEGETATIVE GREENNESS IS LOWER IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING SOUTH DAKOTA...NAMELY GRANT... SIOUX...AND EMMONS COUNTIES. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED INTO THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ040-043-050215- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111005T0100Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 710 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY... AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FAR BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN NORTH DAKOTA...40...43 WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND RISING HUMIDITIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NDZ042-045-046-051315- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0006.111005T1800Z-111006T0100Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- 810 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /710 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN NORTH DAKOTA...42...45...46 * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH MAY OCCUR SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2:52 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Emmons, Grant, Sioux | 25 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.