Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2012, 2:35 AM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 reports 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
- Jun 26, 2012, 2:35 AM MDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 Ne Lima, MT | ANTELOPE RAWS MEASURES 61 MPH WIND GUST. SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 40 MPH. |
| Jun 26, 1:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 4 Ne Lima, MT | ANTELOPE RAWS MEASURES SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 41 MPH. MEASURED WIND GUST OF 55 MPH. |
| Jun 26, 2:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Nne Mcallister, MT | 60 MPH WIND GUST AT THE DOT SENSOR ON NORRIS HILL. |
| Jun 26, 2:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Monida, MT | WIND GUST OF 62 MPH AT MONIDA PASS. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 43 MPH. |
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 4 Nne Mcallister, MT | 68 MPH PEAK WIND GUST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 57 MPH OCCURRED FROM 1 PM THROUGH 4 PM. |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Wnw Cameron, MT | 58 MPH WIND GUST AT THE ENNIS VALLEY. |
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, 8.6 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
- 1195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WWUS85 KMSO 260835 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 235 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 MTZ110-111-270300- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 235 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING 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 TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 22 PERCENT. * TIMING: BETWEEN 12 PM MDT AND 9 PM MDT 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
906 WWUS85 KMSO 270250 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 850 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 MTZ110-111-270600- /O.EXT.KMSO.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120627T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 850 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 22 PERCENT. * TIMING: UNTIL 12 AM MDT (MIDNIGHT) TONIGHT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
955 WWUS85 KMSO 270545 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1145 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 MTZ110-111-270645- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120627T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1145 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN WITH HUMIDITIES SLOWLY RECOVERING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 2:54 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 3:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:24 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:02 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Sanders | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 5:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 5:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lincoln, Sanders | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 8:50 AM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:07 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Lake | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 10:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Granite, Missoula | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 10:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Missoula | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 11:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Missoula, Powell | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 11:11 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MSO | Flathead | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | MSO | Flathead | 24 hr |
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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.