Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT for 10 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 9, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797
WWUS83 KBIS 090800
RFWBIS
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING...
.VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDICES ARE FORECAST ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF NORTHWEST
WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 16 AND 21 PERCENT...AND DRY VEGETATION...WILL
LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THUS A RED
FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
NDZ034>037-045>048-050-051-091700-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0018.120409T1800Z-120410T0100Z/
MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
300 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
DRY VEGETATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY.
* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH
IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.
* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.
* LIGHTNING...NONE
* IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS.
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.
&&
$$
KS3 follow-up statements
941 WWUS83 KBIS 091650 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1150 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDICES ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 17 AND 23 PERCENT...AND DRY VEGETATION...WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ034>037-045>048-050-051-100100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0018.120409T1800Z-120410T0100Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1150 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...45 TO 50. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KS/RK
204 WWUS83 KBIS 092020 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 320 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDICES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT...AND DRY VEGETATION...WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ034>037-045>048-050-051-100100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120410T0100Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 320 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID 40S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. 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. && $$ RK
552 WWUS83 KBIS 100056 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 756 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS WELL. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ034>037-045>048-050-051-100200- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120410T0100Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 756 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS WELL. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ TM
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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.