Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 2, 2012, 2:24 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 3, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 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 20:30 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, 8.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
753 WWUS85 KMSO 022024 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 224 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 MTZ110-111-031200- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0002.120703T1800Z-120704T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0005.120703T1800Z-120704T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 224 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD AND EAST BEAVERHEAD AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 18 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY STORMS. * TIMING: NOON TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. 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. && $$ GIBSON
2 follow-up statements
116 WWUS85 KMSO 030955 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 355 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 MTZ110-111-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0005.120703T1800Z-120704T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 355 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 18 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. * TIMING: NOON TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
284 WWUS85 KMSO 040430 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1030 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 MTZ110-111-040530- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120704T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1030 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE WITH HUMIDITY INCREASING THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lake | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 3:06 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:01 PM MDT | Flood Watch | MSO | Lincoln | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.