Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jun 23, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jun 24, 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
- Jun 23, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Madison County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
300 WWUS85 KMSO 232055 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 255 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012 MTZ110-111-250300- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0001.120624T1800Z-120625T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 255 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * WINDS:SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: BETWEEN 1200 MDT SUNDAY AND 9 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WILL RESULT IN SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ RPN
2 follow-up statements
058 WWUS85 KMSO 240940 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 340 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 MTZ110-111-250300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0001.120624T1800Z-120625T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 340 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: BETWEEN 1200 MDT TODAY AND 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
326 WWUS85 KMSO 250258 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 858 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 MTZ110-111-251200- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120625T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0002.120625T1800Z-120626T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 858 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: BETWEEN 1200 MDT MONDAY AND 9 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Granite | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite, Missoula, Ravalli | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 54 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 39 min |
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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.