Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Jul 24, 2012, 10:52 AM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 25, 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
- Jul 24, 2012, 10:52 AM MDT (16:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 7:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
753 WWUS83 KBIS 241652 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1152 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS DRY AIR...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER GROWTH SHOULD ANY FIRES DEVELOP. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. NDZ031-032-040-043-250100- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0024.120725T1800Z-120726T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 1052 AM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT 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. && $$ KS
5 follow-up statements
654 WWUS83 KBIS 250155 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 855 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS DRY AIR...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER GROWTH SHOULD ANY FIRES DEVELOP. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. NDZ031-032-040-043-251200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0024.120725T1800Z-120726T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 755 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TM/KS
967 WWUS83 KBIS 251002 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 502 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS DRY AIR...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER GROWTH SHOULD ANY FIRES DEVELOP. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. NDZ031-032-040-043-251815- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0024.120725T1800Z-120726T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 402 AM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT 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. && $$
091 WWUS83 KBIS 251757 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1257 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... .AT 11 AM MDT...NORTHWEST WINDS HAD INCREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND DRY AIR CONTINUED TO PUSH INTO THE STATE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAD ALREADY LOWERED TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY 75 TO 80. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS DRY AIR...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER GROWTH SHOULD ANY FIRES DEVELOP. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NDZ031-032-040-043-260200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0024.120725T1800Z-120726T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 1157 AM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ JV
312 WWUS83 KBIS 252052 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 352 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... .AT MID AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUED AT 15 TO 25 MPH OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND DRY AIR CONTINUED TO PUSH INTO THE STATE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WERE 25 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS DRY AIR...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER GROWTH SHOULD ANY FIRES DEVELOP. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NDZ031-032-040-043-260200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120726T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 252 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT 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. && $$ JV
171 WWUS83 KBIS 260124 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 824 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. NDZ031-032-040-043-260230- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120726T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 724 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED THIS EVENING WHILE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. $$ SAVADEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 36 min |
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.