Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Sep 1, 2012, 3:29 AM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Sep 1, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2012, 3:29 AM MDT (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 14 W Saint Mary, MT | WIND GUSTS TO 68 MPH REPORTED AT LOGAN PASS VISITORS CENTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 4166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222 WWUS85 KMSO 010929 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 329 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MTZ110-011030- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.A.0013.120901T1800Z-120902T0400Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD- 329 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP HUMIDITIES HIGHER THAN INITIALLY FORECASTED. $$ MTZ105-020400- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0013.120901T1800Z-120902T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0019.120901T1800Z-120902T0400Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 329 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE MID TEENS. * TIMING/LOCATION: ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL START TO IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET. THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 105 WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RH...INCLUDING THE SWAN LAKE AND SPOTTED BEAR DISTRICTS IN THE FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ MTZ108-020400- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0013.120901T1800Z-120902T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0019.120901T1800Z-120902T0400Z/ EAST LOLO- 329 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER INTO THE MID TEENS. * TIMING: ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL START TO IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
939 WWUS85 KMSO 020331 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 931 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MTZ105-020445- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 931 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$ MTZ108-020445- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EAST LOLO- 931 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE EAST LOLO... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.