Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 7, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Aug 8, 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
- Aug 7, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 8, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
091 WWUS85 KMSO 072000 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 200 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012 MTZ110-111-081200- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0010.120808T1800Z-120809T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 200 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS:GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10-20 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOW CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
204 WWUS85 KMSO 081153 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 553 AM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 MTZ110-111-082100- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0010.120808T1800Z-120809T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 553 AM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS:GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10-20 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOW CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
878 WWUS85 KMSO 081957 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 157 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 MTZ110-111-090300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120809T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 157 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS:GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10-20 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOW CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN. 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. && $$
033 WWUS85 KMSO 082214 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 414 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 IDZ103-090600- /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120809T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 314 PM PDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOW CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN. * WINDS:GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ MTZ110-111-090300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120809T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 414 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS:GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10-20 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOW CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN. 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. && $$
186 WWUS85 KMSO 090234 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 834 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 IDZ103-090345- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120809T0600Z/ CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 734 PM PDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS NO LONGER A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. $$ MTZ110-111-090345- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120809T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 834 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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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.