Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2012, 3:07 AM MDT for 6 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 27, 2012, 3:07 AM MDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 6:19 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
811 WWUS83 KBIS 270907 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 407 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST AND SPREAD EAST. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT SOUTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A TIME DURING THIS AFTERNOON. NDZ031-032-040-041-043-044-271715- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0008.120327T1800Z-120328T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0011.120327T1800Z-120328T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 307 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST 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 NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NH
4 follow-up statements
462 WWUS83 KBIS 271516 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1016 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST AND SPREAD EAST. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT SOUTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A TIME DURING THIS AFTERNOON. NDZ031-032-040-041-043-044-272315- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0011.120327T1800Z-120328T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 916 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
378 WWUS83 KBIS 272056 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 356 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND A FIRE DANGER WATCH FOR THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT SOUTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A TIME DURING THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WATFORD CITY AND BEACH TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. NDZ031-032-040-041-043-044-280500- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0009.120329T1800Z-120330T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120328T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 256 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY BE REACHED ON THURSDAY. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. 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 POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ017-018-033-280500- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0009.120329T1800Z-120330T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK- 356 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /256 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY BE REACHED ON THURSDAY. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. && $$
323 WWUS83 KBIS 272059 CCA RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT SOUTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A TIME DURING THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WATFORD CITY AND BEACH TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. NDZ031-032-040-041-043-044-280515- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0009.120329T1800Z-120330T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120328T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 258 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY BE REACHED ON THURSDAY. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. 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 POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ017-018-033-280515- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0009.120329T1800Z-120330T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK- 358 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /258 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY BE REACHED ON THURSDAY. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. && $$
318 WWUS83 KBIS 280019 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 719 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TUESDAY EVENING HOWEVER A FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES FOR THURSDAY... .DIMINISHING WINDS AND FALLING EVENING TEMPERATURES AND RISING HUMIDITY WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO BE CANCELLED THIS TUESDAY EVENING. ON THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WATFORD CITY AND BEACH TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. NDZ031-032-040-041-043-044-280830- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120328T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0009.120329T1800Z-120330T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 619 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW 15 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY BE REACHED ON THURSDAY. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ017-018-033-280830- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0009.120329T1800Z-120330T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK- 719 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /619 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION... * WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY TO 20 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY BE REACHED ON THURSDAY. * THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY. && $$ WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 3:28 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Dunn, Foster, McKenzie, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:12 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons and 10 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.