Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 10, 2012, 3:05 AM MDT for 8 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 10, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 10, 2012, 3:05 AM MDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 10, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 8:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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 10, 3:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 6 Se Jackson, MT | 64 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BIG HOLE PASS. |
| Jul 10, 4:15 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 21 Sw Lima, MT | 55 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST REPORTED AT HARKNESS RAWS SITE. |
| Jul 10, 4:38 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | 5 Ne Dillon, MT | 47 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST REPORTED AT DILLON AIRPORT ASOS SITE. |
| Jul 10, 4:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | 4 Ne Lima, MT | 51 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST REPORTED AT ANTELOPE RAWS SITE. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 4816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
088 WWUS85 KMSO 100905 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 305 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 MTZ110-111-102100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.120710T1800Z-120711T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0007.120710T1800Z-120711T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 305 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... EAST BEAVERHEAD (ZONES 110 111)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE WET CORES BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN. LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN AS ISOLATED BY NOONTIME...BUT WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. * OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY: WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ MTZ109-102100- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0007.120710T1800Z-120711T0600Z/ BITTERROOT- 305 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BITTERROOT (ZONE 109)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE WET CORES BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN. LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN AS ISOLATED BY NOONTIME...BUT WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
2 follow-up statements
711 WWUS85 KMSO 102047 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 247 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 MTZ109-110500- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120711T0600Z/ BITTERROOT- 247 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BITTERROOT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE WET CORES BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN. LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE BY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE ABOVE NORMAL CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. 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. && $$ MTZ110-111-110500- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120711T0600Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 247 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE WET CORES BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN. LIGHTNING POTENTIAL WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS COULD HELP START NEW OR SPREAD EXISTING WILDFIRES. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. * OTHER CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE HOT CAUSING HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. * OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
694 WWUS85 KMSO 110235 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 835 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 MTZ109>111-110345- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120711T0600Z/ BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 835 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Ravalli | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Silver Bow | 33 min |
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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.