Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Aug 31, 2012, 2:53 AM MDT for 18 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Aug 31, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Aug 31, 2012, 2:53 AM MDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke 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, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 3522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
512 WWUS83 KBIS 310853 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 353 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY... .THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. EXPECT AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST WIND TODAY...SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 17 TO 20 PERCENT OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND DRY PASTURES...WILL ALL COME TOGETHER AND RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES OF BOWMAN AND SLOPE WILL LIKELY REACH THE EXTREME FIRE DANGER CATEGORY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY... MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 20 PERCENT ARE LIKELY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL. IN THE SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHTER BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WIND SWITCH FROM SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY DURING THE DAY...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-311700- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0023.120831T1500Z-120901T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0031.120831T1700Z-120901T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0024.120901T1700Z-120902T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 353 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /253 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING WEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING WEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 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...SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH TODAY. LIGHTER WINDS SATURDAY BUT A WIND SWITCH FROM SOUTH TO WEST. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...85 TO 90. * LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-311700- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0023.120831T1500Z-120901T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0031.120831T1700Z-120901T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- 353 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...85 TO 90. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NDZ021-022-035-036-046-047-050-311700- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0024.120901T1700Z-120902T0100Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 353 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...95 TO 100. * LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ JV
3 follow-up statements
634 WWUS83 KBIS 311644 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1144 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. EXPECT AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST WIND TODAY...SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 17 TO 20 PERCENT OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND DRY PASTURES...WILL ALL COME TOGETHER AND RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES OF BOWMAN AND SLOPE WILL LIKELY REACH THE EXTREME FIRE DANGER CATEGORY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY... MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 20 PERCENT ARE LIKELY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL. IN THE SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHTER BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WIND SWITCH FROM SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY DURING THE DAY...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-010300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0031.120831T1700Z-120901T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0024.120901T1700Z-120902T0100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 1144 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /1044 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING WEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... * 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...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-010200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0031.120831T1700Z-120901T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- 1144 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ NDZ021-022-035-036-046-047-050-010300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0024.120901T1700Z-120902T0100Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 1144 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 90S. * LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TM
023 WWUS83 KBIS 312012 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 312 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH 30 MPH GUSTS AT TIMES. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 17 TO 20 PERCENT OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND DRY PASTURES...WILL ALL COME TOGETHER AND RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES OF BOWMAN AND SLOPE WILL LIKELY REACH THE EXTREME FIRE DANGER CATEGORY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS ALSO EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 20 PERCENT ARE LIKELY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL. IN THE SOUTHWEST...WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHTER BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WIND SWITCH FROM SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY DURING THE DAY...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-010415- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0024.120901T1700Z-120902T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0032.120901T1700Z-120902T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120901T0200Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 312 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /212 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING WEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING WEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SATURDAY. 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...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ NDZ021-022-035-036-046-047-050-010415- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0024.120901T1700Z-120902T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0032.120901T1700Z-120902T0300Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 312 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 90S. * LIGHTNING...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DRY LIGHTNING. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-010200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120901T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- 312 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 90S. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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
716 WWUS83 KBIS 010009 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 709 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH 30 MPH GUSTS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT AND DRY GRASSLANDS HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL OCCUR IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOUTH WINDS UP TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY DURING THE DAY IN THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE THERE IS ALSO A DRY LIGHTNING THREAT. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-010815- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120901T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0032.120901T1700Z-120902T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 709 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /609 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN 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...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-010200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120901T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- 709 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ NDZ021-022-035-036-046-047-050-010815- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0032.120901T1700Z-120902T0300Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- 709 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S. * LIGHTNING...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DRY LIGHTNING. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SCHECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2:53 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 15 more | 31 hr |
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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.