Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 44, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 25, 2012, 9:02 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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 25, 2012, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 3:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
County McKenzie County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 WWUS83 KBIS 260202 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 902 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...COUPLED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUDIDITIES FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT...ALONG WITH A HIGH HAINES INDEX AT 6...COULD CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR OVER THE EXISTING COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. OVERALL WINDS WILL BE MARGINALLY WEAK FOR EXTREME FIRE WEATHER GROWTH...BUT INSTABILITY OVER THE FIRE WILL BE STRONG...THEREBY ALLOWING THE EXISTING FIRE TO BECOME PLUME DOMINATED AND POSSIBLY DEVELOP ADDITIONAL GROWTH. UNTIL THE FIRE BECOMES 100 PERCENT CONTAINED...RESIDENTS REMAIN THREATENED. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE MET...THUS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE GROWTH ON WEDNESDAY. NDZ017-261015- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0033.120926T1800Z-120927T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0044.120926T1800Z-120927T0200Z/ MCKENZIE- 902 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE LEADING TO ADDITIONAL GROWTH OVER THE COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE. 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/WAA/HW
4 follow-up statements
990 WWUS83 KBIS 260907 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 407 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...COUPLED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT...ALONG WITH A HIGH HAINES INDEX AT 6...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR OVER THE EXISTING COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ALONE WILL BE MARGINALLY WEAK FOR EXTREME FIRE WEATHER GROWTH...BUT INSTABILITY OVER THE FIRE WILL BE STRONG...THEREBY ALLOWING THE EXISTING FIRE TO BECOME PLUME DOMINATED LEADING TO ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND SPREAD. UNTIL THE FIRE BECOMES 100 PERCENT CONTAINED...RESIDENTS REMAIN THREATENED. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUE IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS TO DEVELOP NEAR OR OVER THE COTTONWOOD FIRE COMPLEX DURING THIS TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN SPOTTING AND A FASTER RATE OF SPREAD. LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. NDZ017-261715- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0044.120926T1800Z-120927T0200Z/ MCKENZIE- 407 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX OF 6... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...LAL OF 1 THROUGH 7PM CDT WEDNESDAY...INCREASING TO LAL OF 2 AFTER 7PM CDT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND SPREAD OVER THE COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE. 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
010 WWUS83 KBIS 260911 CCA RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 410 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...COUPLED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT...ALONG WITH A HIGH HAINES INDEX AT 6...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR OVER THE EXISTING COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ALONE WILL BE MARGINALLY WEAK FOR EXTREME FIRE WEATHER GROWTH...BUT INSTABILITY OVER THE FIRE WILL BE STRONG...THEREBY ALLOWING THE EXISTING FIRE TO BECOME PLUME DOMINATED LEADING TO ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND SPREAD. UNTIL THE FIRE BECOMES 100 PERCENT CONTAINED...RESIDENTS REMAIN THREATENED. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUE IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS TO DEVELOP NEAR OR OVER THE COTTONWOOD FIRE COMPLEX DURING THIS TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN SPOTTING AND A FASTER RATE OF SPREAD. LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. NDZ017-261730- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0044.120926T1800Z-120927T0200Z/ MCKENZIE- 410 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX OF 6... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...LAL OF 1 THROUGH 7PM CDT WEDNESDAY...INCREASING TO LAL OF 2 AFTER 7PM CDT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND SPREAD OVER THE COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE. 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
521 WWUS83 KBIS 261531 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1031 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...COUPLED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT...ALONG WITH A HIGH HAINES INDEX AT 6...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR OVER THE EXISTING COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ALONE WILL BE WEAK FOR EXTREME FIRE WEATHER GROWTH BUT INSTABILITY OVER THE FIRE WILL BE STRONG...THEREBY ALLOWING THE EXISTING FIRE TO BECOME PLUME DOMINATED LEADING TO ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND SPREAD. UNTIL THE FIRE BECOMES 100 PERCENT CONTAINED...RESIDENTS REMAIN THREATENED. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUE IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS TO DEVELOP NEAR OR OVER THE COTTONWOOD FIRE COMPLEX DURING THIS TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN SPOTTING AND A FASTER RATE OF SPREAD. LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. NDZ017-262345- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0044.120926T1800Z-120927T0200Z/ MCKENZIE- 1031 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX OF 6... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 80S. * LIGHTNING...LAL OF 1 THROUGH 7PM CDT WEDNESDAY...INCREASING TO LAL OF 2 AFTER 7PM CDT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND SPREAD OVER THE COTTONWOOD CREEK FIRE. 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. && $$ TWH
386 WWUS83 KBIS 262050 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. .ALTHOUGH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES CONTINUE OVER MACKENZIE COUNTY...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS NOT EXPECTED...MAINLY DUE TO A LACK OF STRONG WINDS. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ017-262200- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120927T0200Z/ MCKENZIE- 350 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION FOR MACKENZIE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED $$ TWH
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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.