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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 9, 2012, 10:05 AM MDT for Ravalli County, Montana; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 9, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 4 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
- Jul 9, 2012, 10:05 AM MDT (16:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 9, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Ravalli County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:57 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | Corvallis, MT | LOST POWER |
| Jul 9, 5:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Victor, MT | |
| Jul 9, 6:14 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 46 | Nne Stevensville, MT | STEVENSVILLE RAWS AT 3365 FT |
| Jul 9, 7:14 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.47 | 8 Wsw Skalkaho Pass, MT | GIRD POINT RAWS AT 6950 FT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
880 WWUS85 KMSO 091605 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1005 AM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-100015- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0006.120709T2000Z-120710T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 1005 AM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 /905 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT /1 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS 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 THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT /1 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE WET CORES BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN. * TIMING: EXPECT STORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER SNAKE AND SALMON RIVER CANYON AREAS AS EARLY AS LATE MORNING...THEN CROSSING NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STORMS OVER THE BITTERROOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. 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. && $$ MTZ110-111-100015- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0003.120710T1800Z-120711T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1005 AM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED COVERAGE. * IMPACT: LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: TUESDAY NOON TO MIDNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
325 WWUS85 KMSO 092329 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 529 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-100400- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120710T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 529 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 /429 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE WET CORES BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN. * TIMING: EXPECT STORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER SNAKE AND SALMON RIVER CANYON AREAS AS EARLY AS LATE MORNING...THEN CROSSING NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STORMS OVER THE BITTERROOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. 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. && $$ MTZ110-111-100730- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0003.120710T1800Z-120711T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 529 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED COVERAGE. * IMPACT: LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: TUESDAY NOON TO MIDNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
727 WWUS85 KMSO 100333 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 933 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 IDZ102-103-MTZ109-100445- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120710T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- 933 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 /833 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. $$ MTZ110-111-101145- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0003.120710T1800Z-120711T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 933 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED COVERAGE. * IMPACT: LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: TUESDAY NOON TO MIDNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:33 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Ravalli | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Ravalli | 60 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.