Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 29, 2012, 2:44 AM MDT for 23 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 29, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 29, 2012, 2:44 AM MDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 23 counties
Adams County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry 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, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 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, 8.7 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
- 3751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
656 WWUS83 KBIS 290844 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 344 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN MONTANA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE VICINITY OF THE TROUGH...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA OR SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCALES. NDZ003-004-010>012-018>022-033>035-041-042-044>046-291645- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0045.120929T1800Z-120930T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- 344 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 /244 AM MDT SAT SEP 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...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 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS. * WINDS...SOUTH UP TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...REACHING THE MID 80S * LIGHTNING...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR FAST RATES OF SPREAD FOR ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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. && $$ JV
5 follow-up statements
277 WWUS83 KBIS 291200 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN MONTANA SATURDAY MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE VICINITY OF THE TROUGH...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA OR SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCALES. NDZ003-004-010>012-018>022-033>035-041-042-044>046-292000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0045.120929T1800Z-120930T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- 700 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 /600 AM MDT SAT SEP 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...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 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * LIGHTNING...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR FAST RATES OF SPREAD FOR ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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. && $$ WAA
908 WWUS83 KBIS 291501 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1001 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE VICINITY OF THE TROUGH...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA OR SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCALES. NDZ003-004-010>012-018>022-033>035-041-042-044>046-292315- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0045.120929T1800Z-120930T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- 1001 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 /901 AM MDT SAT SEP 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...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 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND ERRATIC WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA AND SHOWERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR FAST RATES OF SPREAD FOR ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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. && $$ WAA/RK
435 WWUS83 KBIS 291808 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 108 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE VICINITY OF THE TROUGH...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA OR SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCALES. NDZ002-005-013-023-036-300000- /O.EXA.KBIS.FW.W.0045.120929T1800Z-120930T0000Z/ BURKE-ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-KIDDER- 108 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND ERRATIC WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA AND SHOWERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR FAST RATES OF SPREAD FOR ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NDZ003-004-010>012-018>022-033>035-041-042-044>046-300000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120930T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- 108 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 /1208 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY...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 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND ERRATIC WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA AND SHOWERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR FAST RATES OF SPREAD FOR ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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
843 WWUS83 KBIS 292055 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE VICINITY OF THE TROUGH...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA OR SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCALES. NDZ002>005-010>013-018>023-033>036-041-042-044>046-300000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120930T0000Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- 355 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 /255 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...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 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND ERRATIC WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRGA AND SHOWERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR FAST RATES OF SPREAD FOR ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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
001 WWUS83 KBIS 300004 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 704 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... WINDS AND RH VALUES HAVE FALLEN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ002>005-010>013-018>023-033>036-041-042-044>046-300115- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120930T0000Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- 704 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 /604 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... WINDS AND RH VALUES HAVE FALLEN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ TM
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.