Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 13, 2012, 10:48 AM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 14, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Jul 13, 2012, 10:48 AM MDT (16:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 8:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WWUS85 KBYZ 131648 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1048 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 MTZ131>133-140500- /O.NEW.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 1048 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...131...132...133 * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WHILE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN SOME NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN THOUGH WETTING RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA...AROUND EKALAKA AND BAKER. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS...BUT WETTING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS CJS
6 follow-up statements
416 WWUS85 KBYZ 132116 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 316 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 MTZ131>133-140930- /O.CON.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 316 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...131...132...133 * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WHILE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN SOME NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN THOUGH WETTING RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA...AROUND EKALAKA AND BAKER. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS...BUT WETTING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS CJS
571 WWUS85 KBYZ 140318 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 918 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 MTZ131>133-141200- /O.CON.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 918 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...131...132...133 * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WHILE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN SOME NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN THOUGH WETTING RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS...BUT WETTING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
813 WWUS85 KBYZ 140936 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 336 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 MTZ131>133-142300- /O.CON.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 336 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...131...132...133 * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WHILE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN SOME NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN THOUGH WETTING RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH STORMS. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TODAY AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS...BUT WETTING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
530 WWUS85 KBYZ 141438 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 838 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 MTZ131>133-150300- /O.CON.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.120714T1600Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 838 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...131...132...133 * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WHILE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN SOME NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN THOUGH WETTING RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH STORMS. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TODAY AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS...BUT WETTING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 90S. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
302 WWUS85 KBYZ 142055 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 255 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 MTZ131>133-150300- /O.CON.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 255 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...131...132...133 * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WHILE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORM THAT MOVES THROUGH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 90S THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
886 WWUS85 KBYZ 150250 RFWBYZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 850 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 MTZ131>133-150400- /O.CAN.KBYZ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST-CUSTER COUNTY- SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST- 850 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY VALUES ARE INCREASING AND WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. THUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS CJS
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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.