Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 1, 2012, 10:33 AM MDT for 10 counties in Montana. It took effect at Aug 2, 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
- Aug 1, 2012, 10:33 AM MDT (16:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 8:53 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, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Madison County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
579 WWUS85 KMSO 011633 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1033 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 MTZ109>111-021200- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0005.120802T1800Z-120803T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0008.120802T1800Z-120803T0300Z/ BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1033 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE BITTERROOT... 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 TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS INTO THE 30S. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING/IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST TIME IN THE DAY. 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. && $$ MTZ108-021200- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0008.120802T1800Z-120803T0300Z/ EAST LOLO- 1033 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS INTO THE 30S. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * TIMING/IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST TIME IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
3 follow-up statements
657 WWUS85 KMSO 021046 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 446 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 MTZ108>111-022100- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0008.120802T1800Z-120803T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 446 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS INTO THE 30S. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING/IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST TIME IN THE DAY. 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. && $$
156 WWUS85 KMSO 022027 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 227 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 MTZ108>111-030300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120803T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 227 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO... BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS INTO THE 30S. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * TIMING/IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DRY COLD FRONT WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST TIME IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
715 WWUS85 KMSO 030253 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 853 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 MTZ108>111-030400- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120803T0300Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 853 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER NOW THAT THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS HAVE ALSO SHOWED A DECREASING TREND THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 2 more | 7 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.