Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 14, 2012, 3:25 AM MDT for 13 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 14, 2012, 12:00 PM 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
- Sep 14, 2012, 3:25 AM MDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2012, 8:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678 WWUS83 KBIS 140925 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 425 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT...AND THE FACT THAT PASTURES ARE VERY DRY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FROM CROSBY AND WILLISTON...THROUGH WATFORD CITY...BEACH...KILLDEER...AND DICKINSON...TO BOWMAN...MOTT...CARSON...AND SELFRIDGE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. BURNING SHOULD NOT BE DONE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH MATCHES...AND BE SURE THINGS LIKE CIGARETTES AND CIGARS ARE COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE DISCARDING THEM. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH TALL GRASS. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040>045-141730- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0030.120914T1800Z-120915T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0040.120914T1800Z-120915T0300Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 425 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /325 AM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER INDEX...FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY PASTURES...AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER INDEX...FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * 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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... 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...INCREASING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POTENTIAL IS VERY HIGH. 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. && $$ JP MARTIN
3 follow-up statements
392 WWUS83 KBIS 141212 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 712 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT...AND THE FACT THAT PASTURES ARE VERY DRY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FROM CROSBY AND WILLISTON...THROUGH WATFORD CITY...BEACH...KILLDEER... AND DICKINSON...TO BOWMAN...MOTT...CARSON...AND SELFRIDGE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. BURNING SHOULD NOT BE DONE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH MATCHES...AND BE SURE THINGS LIKE CIGARETTES AND CIGARS ARE COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE DISCARDING THEM. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH TALL GRASS. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040>045-142015- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0040.120914T1800Z-120915T0300Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 712 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /612 AM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER INDEX...FOR PARTS OF WESTERN 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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... 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...INCREASING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POTENTIAL IS VERY HIGH. 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. && $$ JPM/RK
268 WWUS83 KBIS 141726 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1226 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT...AND THE FACT THAT PASTURES ARE VERY DRY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FROM CROSBY AND WILLISTON...THROUGH WATFORD CITY...BEACH...KILLDEER... AND DICKINSON...TO BOWMAN...MOTT...CARSON...AND SELFRIDGE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. BURNING SHOULD NOT BE DONE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH MATCHES...AND BE SURE THINGS LIKE CIGARETTES AND CIGARS ARE COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE DISCARDING THEM. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH TALL GRASS. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040>045-150130- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0040.120914T1800Z-120915T0300Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 1226 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /1126 AM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER INDEX...FOR PARTS OF WESTERN 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 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... 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...INCREASING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POTENTIAL IS VERY HIGH. 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. && $$
329 WWUS83 KBIS 150250 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 950 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... .THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP...THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040>045-150400- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120915T0300Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 950 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /850 PM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A VERY HIGH FORE DANGER INDEX FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP...THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ TWH
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.