Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2012, 2:13 PM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. 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 10, 2012, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 6:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 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, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
371 WWUS83 KBIS 102013 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 313 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. EXPECT A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 28 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS... WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL IF A FIRE SHOULD DEVELOP. NDZ001-002-009>011-021-035-046-102115- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.A.0015.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS- 313 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY IS CANCELLED FOR AREAS FROM WILLISTON AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND LINTON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND. HOWEVER...THE WIND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-110415- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0015.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0019.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 313 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 /213 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE SOUTHWEST. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...57 TO 63. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KS/RK
6 follow-up statements
603 WWUS83 KBIS 110237 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 937 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 28 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS... WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL IF A FIRE SHOULD DEVELOP. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-111045- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0019.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 937 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 /837 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...57 TO 63. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POSSIBLE 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. && $$ TWH
169 WWUS83 KBIS 110801 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 301 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 28 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IF A FIRE SHOULD DEVELOP. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-111700- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0019.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 301 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /201 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...55 TO 65. * 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/KS
024 WWUS83 KBIS 111454 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 954 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 26 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IF A FIRE SHOULD DEVELOP. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-112300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0019.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 954 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /854 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...55 TO 65. * 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. && $$ KS/RK
109 WWUS83 KBIS 111749 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1249 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IF A FIRE SHOULD DEVELOP. NDZ001-009-120100- /O.EXA.KBIS.FW.W.0019.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS- 1249 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...55 TO 65. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH DUE TO STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-120100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0019.120411T1800Z-120412T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 1249 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /1149 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...55 TO 65. * 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
578 WWUS83 KBIS 112042 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 342 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 24 AND 29 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND CONTINUED DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IF A FIRE SHOULD DEVELOP. NDZ001-009-017>020-031>034-040>045-120100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0100Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 342 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /242 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL 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 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...55 TO 65. * 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
499 WWUS83 KBIS 120051 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 751 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .ALTHOUGH WINDS REMAIN STRONG...HUMIDITIES CONTINUE TO CLIMB AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING...ENDING THE THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT. NDZ001-009-017>020-031>034-040>045-120200- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0100Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 751 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /651 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS REMAIN STRONG...HUMIDITIES CONTINUE TO RISE AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING...ENDING THE THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:00 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 16 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.