Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2012, 2:58 PM MDT for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 1, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 31, 2012, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2012, 8:56 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 26 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825 WWUS83 KBIS 312058 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...AND ENTER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. RECORD WARMTH IS FORECAST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S...FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...WITH TEMPERATURES STILL REMAINING IN THE 60S AND 70S BEHIND THE FRONT. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS AND LACK OF GREEN UP...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ009>012-017>023-031>036-040>047-050-010500- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0011.120401T1800Z-120402T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0013.120401T1700Z-120402T0300Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 358 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 /258 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...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 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ TWH
4 follow-up statements
935 WWUS83 KBIS 010312 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1012 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...AND ENTER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. RECORD WARMTH IS FORECAST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S...FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...WITH TEMPERATURES STILL REMAINING IN THE 60S AND 70S BEHIND THE FRONT. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS AND LACK OF GREEN UP... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ009>012-017>023-031>036-040>047-050-011115- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.120401T1700Z-120402T0300Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 1012 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 /912 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...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 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ TWH/RK
551 WWUS83 KBIS 010913 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 413 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY MIDDAY TODAY...AND ENTER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. RECORD WARMTH IS FORECAST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH LOWER 80S ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL. WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...WITH TEMPERATURES STILL REMAINING IN THE 60S AND 70S BEHIND THE FRONT. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS AND LACK OF GREEN UP...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS TONIGHT. NDZ009>012-017>023-031>036-040>047-050-011900- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.120401T1700Z-120402T0300Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 413 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 /313 AM MDT SUN APR 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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. && $$ AYD
319 WWUS83 KBIS 012009 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 309 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND ENTER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. RECORD WARMTH IS FORECAST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...WITH TEMPERATURES STILL REMAINING IN THE 60S AND 70S BEHIND THE FRONT. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS AND LACK OF GREEN UP... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS TONIGHT. NDZ009>012-017>023-031>036-040>047-050-020300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120402T0300Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 309 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 /209 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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. && $$ HW
738 WWUS83 KBIS 020256 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 956 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY WAS RECOVERING THIS EVENING AND SO FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT AS CRITICAL AS EARLIER TODAY. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ009>012-017>023-031>036-040>047-050-020400- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120402T0300Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 956 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 /856 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. $$ JP MARTIN
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.