Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Oct 6, 2011, 3:49 AM MDT (09:49 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 6, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT

Expired

Oct 6, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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936 
WWUS83 KBIS 060949
RFWBIS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
449 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH FRIDAY...

.SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH OVER
SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 70S WITH
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 TO 40 PERCENT. THE STRONG WINDS AND
CURING GRASSLANDS WILL RAISE THE FIRE DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH
CATEGORY...DESPITE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 30 PERCENT.
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD VERY
QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.

ON FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE STATE IN THE WEST. WINDS
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE SOUTH AT
30 TO 40 MPH...AND WINDS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL BECOME
WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH REGARDING WINDS. HOWEVER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WETTING RAINS AND
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE MORE UNCERTAIN REGARDING AREAL
COVERAGE...THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN...SOUTH CENTRAL...THROUGH NORTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. 

NDZ005-013-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-061800-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0007.111006T1600Z-111007T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0007.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
449 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /349 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND
CURING GRASSLANDS FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA... 

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
CURING GRASSLANDS FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND
CURING GRASSLANDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CURING GRASSLANDS IS IN EFFECT
FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FAR SOUTHWESTERN...THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
  DAKOTA...TO NEAR THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S.

* LIGHTNING...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
  INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

* 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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

NDZ018-032-033-061800-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0007.111006T1600Z-111007T0200Z/
DUNN-BILLINGS-STARK-
449 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /349 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND
CURING GRASSLANDS FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND CURING GRASSLANDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM
MDT/ THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 40 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S.

* LIGHTNING...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
  INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$

JV

780 
WWUS83 KBIS 070225
RFWBIS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
925 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FRIDAY...

.THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY FOR MOST
LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 ARCHING NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHERLY WINDS LATE FRIDAY MORNING
ARE FORECAST TO TURN SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. DAY
TIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO
MID 20S ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...TO NEAR 50 PERCENT ACROSS
THE FAR SOUTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS...DRY
FUELS AND RECENT FIRE ACTIVITY SUGGESTS VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER MAY BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.


NDZ005-013-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-071030-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-111007T0200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0007.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
925 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /825 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR VERY STRONG WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...

THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA HAS EXPIRED. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FAR SOUTHWEST...THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
  DAKOTA...THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS.

* LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.

* SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
  MPH.

* DAY TIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW
  TO MID 20S ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...TO NEAR 50 PERCENT
  ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST.

* HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
  TO THE LOW 60S SOUTHWEST.

* VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER POSSIBLE.


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.

&&

$$

NDZ018-032-033-070330-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-111007T0200Z/
DUNN-BILLINGS-STARK-
925 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /825 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR DUNN...BILLINGS
AND STARK COUNTY.


$$

AYD

Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011

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.