Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Oct 7, 2011, 4:37 AM CDT for 18 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2011, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 12:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 8 N Selfridge, ND | SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH GUST TO 59 MPH AT TATANKA PRARIE RAWS. |
| Oct 7, 12:31 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 12 W Wishek, ND | SUSTAINED 40 MPH GUST TO 51 MPH. RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 12:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 S Linton, ND | |
| Oct 7, 1:01 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 12 W Wishek, ND | RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 1:06 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Medina, ND | NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 1:11 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 12 W Wishek, ND | SUSTAINED 45 GUST TO 60 MPH. NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 1:30 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 5 W Goodrich, ND | SUSTAINED 40 MPH GUST TO 50 MPH. DENHOFF NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 1:35 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | Carrington, ND | SUSTAINED 41 MPH GUST TO 54 MPH. |
| Oct 7, 2:34 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 7 Wsw Kensal, ND | SUSTAINED 42 MPH GUST TO 54 MPH. ARROWWOOD NWR RAWS. |
| Oct 7, 3:06 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Medina, ND | SUSTAINED 48 MPH GUST TO 58 MPH. NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 3:34 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 7 Wsw Kensal, ND | SUSTAINED 43 MPH GUST TO 61 MPH. ARROWWOOD NWR RAWS. |
| Oct 7, 3:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Jamestown, ND | SUSTAINED 43 MPH GUST TO 61 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
919 WWUS83 KBIS 070937 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 437 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY CENTRAL AND EAST... .SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH CURING GRASSLANDS TO RAISE THE FIRE DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY FOR TODAY. 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. NDZ040-041-043-044-071045- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.A.0007.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 337 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... HUMIDITIES NEAR 50 PERCENT WILL HELP MINIMIZE THE FIRE DANGER TODAY OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. $$ NDZ005-013-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-071745- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0007.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0008.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT- SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 437 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /337 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NDZ004-012-022-071745- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0008.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-SHERIDAN- 437 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 32 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. 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. && $$ NH
3 follow-up statements
757 WWUS83 KBIS 071611 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1111 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY CENTRAL AND EAST... .SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH CURING GRASSLANDS TO RAISE THE FIRE DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY FOR TODAY. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD VERY QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-080015- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1111 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1011 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TWH
832 WWUS83 KBIS 072052 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 352 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY CENTRAL AND EAST... .SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH CURING GRASSLANDS TO RAISE THE FIRE DANGER INTO THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY FOR TODAY. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. ANY FIRES THAT WOULD IGNITE WILL SPREAD VERY QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-080200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 352 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /252 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. 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. && $$ TWH
345 WWUS83 KBIS 080221 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 921 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-080330- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 921 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /821 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 4:07 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Billings, Bottineau, Dunn, Golden Valley, McHenry, Mercer and 4 more | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.