Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Sep 25, 2011, 4:51 AM MDT for 10 counties in Montana. It took effect at Sep 25, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Sep 25, 2011, 4:51 AM MDT (10:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Madison County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 3881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478 WWUS85 KMSO 251051 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 451 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 MTZ108-109-252100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.110925T2100Z-110926T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0006.110925T2100Z-110926T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 451 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ MTZ110-111-252100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.110925T2100Z-110926T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0006.110925T2100Z-110926T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 451 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
3 follow-up statements
867 WWUS85 KMSO 251350 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 750 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 MTZ108-109-260300- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.W.0006.110925T1800Z-110926T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- 750 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ MTZ110-111-260300- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.W.0006.110925T1800Z-110926T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 750 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
117 WWUS85 KMSO 260208 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 808 PM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 MTZ108>111-260315- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110926T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 808 PM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 30 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
443 WWUS85 KMSO 260214 CCA RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 814 PM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 MTZ108>111-260315- /O.COR.KMSO.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110926T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 814 PM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 30 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.