Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Sep 13, 2012, 2:07 PM MDT for 8 counties in Montana; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Sep 14, 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
- Sep 13, 2012, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2012, 9:18 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Madison County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
253 WWUS85 KMSO 132007 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 207 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-140415- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0014.120914T1700Z-120915T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0022.120914T1800Z-120915T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 207 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012 /107 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ FRIDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT (ZONES 102, 103, 109)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THE BREAKDOWN OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREATE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH HAINES TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER ALONG MID SLOPES AND RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES INDEX: 6 HIGH...POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. * TIMING: HUMIDITIES WILL REACH A MINIMUM FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE SAME TIME. ESTIMATED TIME FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 MDT/1400 PDT AND 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. && $$ MTZ110-111-140415- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0014.120914T1700Z-120915T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0022.120914T1800Z-120915T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 207 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD (ZONES 110, 111) ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THE BREAKDOWN OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREATE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH HAINES TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER ALONG MIDSLOPES AND RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES INDEX: 6 HIGH...POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. * TIMING: HUMIDITIES WILL REACH A MINIMUM FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE SAME TIME. ESTIMATED TIME FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 MDT/1400 PDT AND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
3 follow-up statements
298 WWUS85 KMSO 140301 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 901 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-141200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0022.120914T1800Z-120915T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 901 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012 /801 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ FRIDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ FRIDAY NIGHT. * THE BREAKDOWN OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREATE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH HAINES TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER ALONG MID SLOPES AND RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES INDEX: 6 HIGH...POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. * TIMING: HUMIDITIES WILL REACH A MINIMUM FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE SAME TIME. ESTIMATED TIME FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 MDT/1400 PDT AND 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. && $$ MTZ110-111-141200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0022.120914T1800Z-120915T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 901 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT. * THE BREAKDOWN OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREATE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH HAINES TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER ALONG MIDSLOPES AND RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES INDEX: 6 HIGH...POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. * TIMING: HUMIDITIES WILL REACH A MINIMUM FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE SAME TIME. ESTIMATED TIME FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 MDT/1400 PDT AND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
909 WWUS85 KMSO 140901 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 301 AM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-150600- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0022.120914T1800Z-120915T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 301 AM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /201 AM PDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT. * THE BREAKDOWN OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREATE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH HAINES TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER ALONG MID SLOPES AND RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES INDEX: 6 HIGH...POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. * TIMING: HUMIDITIES WILL REACH A MINIMUM FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE SAME TIME. ESTIMATED TIME FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 MDT/1400 PDT AND 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. && $$ MTZ110-111-150600- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0022.120914T1800Z-120915T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 301 AM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * THE BREAKDOWN OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREATE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH HAINES TO CREATE INCREASED FIRE DANGER ALONG MIDSLOPES AND RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES INDEX: 6 HIGH...POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. * TIMING: HUMIDITIES WILL REACH A MINIMUM FRIDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE SAME TIME. ESTIMATED TIME FOR STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 MDT/1400 PDT AND SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
026 WWUS85 KMSO 150318 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 918 PM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109>111-150430- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120915T0600Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 918 PM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /818 PM PDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY REMAINS LOW...IT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECOVER WITH WINDS DECREASING SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 3:31 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 2 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 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.