Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Jul 13, 2012, 10:04 AM MDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 14, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2012, 10:04 AM MDT (16:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 7:32 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:50 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 9 W Mud Buttes, ND | NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
241 WWUS83 KBIS 131604 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1104 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO NEAR 25 PERCENT. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. NDZ040-043-140015- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0023.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 1004 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$ AYD
6 follow-up statements
173 WWUS83 KBIS 132028 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 328 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. NDZ040-043-140430- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0023.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 228 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TWH
608 WWUS83 KBIS 140639 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 139 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. NDZ040-043-141445- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0023.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 1239 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$ NH
158 WWUS83 KBIS 140923 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 423 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES...NORTH THROUGH BILLINGS AND GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTIES...AND INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY LATE THIS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THIS SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THIS AREA WILL APPROACH THE MID 90S...ALONG WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH DEVELOPING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED...SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. NDZ017-031-032-141730- /O.EXA.KBIS.FW.W.0023.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- 423 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /323 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$ NDZ040-043-141730- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0023.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- 323 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$ HEINERT
128 WWUS83 KBIS 141521 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1021 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES...NORTH THROUGH BILLINGS AND GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTIES...AND INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA WILL APPROACH THE MID 90S...ALONG WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH DEVELOPING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED...SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. NDZ017-031-032-040-043-142330- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0023.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 1021 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /921 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
577 WWUS83 KBIS 141738 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1238 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES...NORTH THROUGH BILLINGS AND GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTIES...AND INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA WILL APPROACH THE MID 90S...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED...SUPPORTING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. NDZ017-031-032-040-043-150300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 1238 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /1138 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$
001 WWUS83 KBIS 150132 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 832 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA CANCELLED... .THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED THIS EVENING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. NDZ017-031-032-040-043-150245- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 832 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /732 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED THIS EVENING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.