Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2012, 2:50 PM MDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 4, 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 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 20:49 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, 8.8 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
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793 WWUS83 KBIS 032050 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE FORECAST ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL MONTANA. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S AND DRY FUELS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE IN THE FAR WEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL ALSO BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-040500- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0012.120404T1800Z-120405T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0014.120404T1800Z-120405T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 350 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 /250 PM MDT TUE APR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...MILD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. 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...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 60S. * THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MILD TEMPERATURES... STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS MAY CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FAR WEST WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ TWH
5 follow-up statements
233 WWUS83 KBIS 040253 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 953 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE FORECAST ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL MONTANA. WHEN COMBINING POTENTIAL AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S AND DRY FUELS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE IN THE FAR WEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL ALSO BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-041100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0014.120404T1800Z-120405T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 953 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 /853 PM MDT TUE APR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...MILD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS 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...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 60S. * THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MILD TEMPERATURES... STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS MAY CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FAR WEST WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ TWH/JJT
613 WWUS83 KBIS 040917 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 417 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE FORECAST ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHEN COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT...HIGHS IN THE MID 60S AND DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE FAR WEST. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-042200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0014.120404T1800Z-120405T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 417 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 /317 AM MDT WED APR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...MILD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS 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...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MILD TEMPERATURES... STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FAR WEST 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. && $$ AYD
791 WWUS83 KBIS 041828 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 128 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WHEN COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY NEAR 20 PERCENT...HIGHS IN THE MID 60S AND DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE FAR WEST. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-050200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120405T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 128 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 /1228 PM MDT WED APR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...MILD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 60S. * THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MILD TEMPERATURES... STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FAR WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TWH
610 WWUS83 KBIS 042105 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 405 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WHEN COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY NEAR 20 PERCENT...HIGHS IN THE MID 60S AND DRY FUELS... CONDITIONS SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE FAR WEST. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-050200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120405T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 405 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 /305 PM MDT WED APR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...MILD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS 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...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 60S. * THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MILD TEMPERATURES... STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FAR WEST 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. && $$ TWH
983 WWUS83 KBIS 050157 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 857 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN EXPIRED... .DECREASING WINDS AND RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS EVENING HAVE LOWERED THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-050300- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120405T0200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 857 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 /757 PM MDT WED APR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS EXPIRED THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. $$ JJT/HW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:55 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 12 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.