Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2012, 2:58 AM MDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 30, 2012, 2:58 AM MDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732 WWUS83 KBIS 300858 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .DRY...WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST OVER FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...IN GENERAL ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY TO RICHARDTON TO HETTINGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S ARE FORECAST TODAY ACROSS THE FAR WEST. WHEN COMBINED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER AND CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-301900- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0010.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0012.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 358 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /258 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 70S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 20 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. 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. && $$ AYD
3 follow-up statements
142 WWUS83 KBIS 301730 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1230 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .DRY...WARM AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST OVER FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY TO RICHARDTON TO HETTINGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR WEST. WHEN COMBINED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER AND CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-310130- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0012.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 1230 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /1130 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 20 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. 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
311 WWUS83 KBIS 302027 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 327 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .DRY...WARM AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY TO RICHARDTON TO HETTINGER. ON SUNDAY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA COULD GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...BEFORE BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH RECORD WARMTH POSSIBLE...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS...THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS HAS LEAD TO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. NDZ009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-310430- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0011.120401T1800Z-120402T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120331T0200Z/ WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 327 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /227 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...70S TO LOWER 80S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS ALSO POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ NDZ001-310200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120331T0200Z/ DIVIDE- 327 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NDZ010>012-019>023-034>036-042-045>047-050-310430- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0011.120401T1800Z-120402T0200Z/ MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 327 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /227 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TWH/KS
634 WWUS83 KBIS 310200 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 900 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS EVENING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ON SUNDAY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA COULD GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...BEFORE BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH RECORD WARMTH POSSIBLE...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS...THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS HAS LEAD TO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. NDZ009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-311000- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120331T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0011.120401T1800Z-120402T0200Z/ WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 900 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /800 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...70S TO LOWER 80S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS ALSO POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ001-310300- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120331T0200Z/ DIVIDE- 900 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS EVENING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... $$ NDZ010>012-019>023-034>036-042-045>047-050-311000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0011.120401T1800Z-120402T0200Z/ MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 900 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /800 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KS/RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 10:58 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:27 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 20 more | 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.