Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 42, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 19, 2012, 3:02 AM MDT for 36 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 19, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 19, 2012, 3:02 AM MDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 36 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure 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, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025 WWUS83 KBIS 190902 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 402 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL OCCUR TODAY AS DRY PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...WHICH COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE DANGER DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR. WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER TEENS AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH. ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191715- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0031.120919T1600Z-120920T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0042.120919T1500Z-120920T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 402 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 /302 AM MDT WED SEP 19 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN... 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND NORTHWEST 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...UPPER TEENS TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. 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
3 follow-up statements
894 WWUS83 KBIS 191735 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1235 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL OCCUR TODAY AS DRY PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...WHICH COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE DANGER DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR. WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER TEENS AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH. ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-200100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1235 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 /1135 AM MDT WED SEP 19 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN... 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND NORTHWEST 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...UPPER TEENS TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. 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. && $$
950 WWUS83 KBIS 192037 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 337 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS EVENING AS DRY PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...WHICH COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE DANGER DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR. WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER TEENS AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH. ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-200100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 337 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 /237 PM MDT WED SEP 19 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN... 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND NORTHWEST 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...UPPER TEENS TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. 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. && $$
424 WWUS83 KBIS 200107 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 807 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ENDING THIS EVENING... .THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS ENDED. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-200215- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 807 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 /707 PM MDT WED SEP 19 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... CRITICAL FORE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED WITH THE DIMINISHING WINDS. THERE WILL BE A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM IN THE WESTERN DEVILS LAKE BASIN THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW 12 MPH ACROSS ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AFTER 9 PM CDT. $$ WAA
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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.