Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2012, 2:05 PM MDT for 25 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 12, 2012, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 25 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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.
133 WWUS83 KBIS 122005 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 305 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FROM THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MULTIPLE FIRES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION. NDZ009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-130000- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0003.120312T2005Z-120313T0000Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- MCINTOSH- 305 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 /205 PM MDT MON MAR 12 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS AND VERY STRONG WINDS FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT...PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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
2 follow-up statements
871 WWUS83 KBIS 122039 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 339 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MULTIPLE FIRES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018>022-031>036-040>047-050-130445- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0004.120313T1800Z-120314T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120313T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 339 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 /239 PM MDT MON MAR 12 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... * THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT...PRODUCING A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. * FOR TUESDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. * FOR TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...PRODUCING A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NDZ023-025-037-048-051-130445- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0004.120313T1800Z-120314T0000Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- 339 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...PRODUCING A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NDZ009>012-017-130000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120313T0000Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE- 339 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT...PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TM
004 WWUS83 KBIS 130005 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 705 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A RED FLAG WARNING DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS. SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH...COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018>022-031>036-040>047-050-130815- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120313T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.120313T1800Z-120314T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 705 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 /605 PM MDT MON MAR 12 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... * A NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. * FOR TUESDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. * FOR TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...PRODUCING A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NDZ009>012-017-130115- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120313T0000Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE- 705 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... A NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING.. $$ NDZ023-025-037-048-051-130815- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.120313T1800Z-120314T0000Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- 705 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... * SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...PRODUCING A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:49 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey and 23 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:10 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 9 more | 109 min |
| Mar 12, 2:39 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 24 more | 27 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.