Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2012, 1:44 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho; 16 counties in Montana. It took effect at Aug 6, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 14 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 5, 2012, 1:44 PM PDT (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 7:07 PM PDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
All 21 counties
Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 2031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399 WWUS85 KMSO 052044 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 244 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 IDZ102-103-060445- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0009.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 144 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 18-28 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. && $$ MTZ104-105-060445- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0006.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 244 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE KOOTENAI... FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 20-30 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: CHANCE OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MTZ106>111-060445- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0006.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 244 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 15-25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: CHANCE OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
820 WWUS85 KMSO 060332 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 932 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 MTZ108>111-061200- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0006.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.FW.W.0009.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 932 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST LOLO... BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 15-25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ IDZ102-103-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0009.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 832 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 18-28 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. && $$ MTZ104-105-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0006.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 932 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE KOOTENAI... FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 20-30 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: CHANCE OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MTZ106-107-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.A.0006.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 932 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WEST LOLO... SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 15-25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: CHANCE OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
481 WWUS85 KMSO 061025 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 425 AM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 MTZ104>107-062100- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0006.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.FW.W.0009.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 425 AM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE KOOTENAI...FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK...WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 18-28 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ IDZ102-103-062100- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0009.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 325 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 18-28 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. && $$ MTZ108>111-062100- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0009.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 425 AM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 15-25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
232 WWUS85 KMSO 062039 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 239 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 IDZ102-103-062145- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120807T0000Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 139 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA SO THREAT OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED. $$ MTZ104>107-070445- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120807T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 239 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE KOOTENAI...FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 18-28 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ MTZ108>111-070445- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120807T0600Z/ EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT-DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 239 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT... DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM NEARBY STORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 15-25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. && $$
681 WWUS85 KMSO 070207 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 807 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 MTZ104>111-070315- /O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120807T0600Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 807 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE KOOTENAI... FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK...WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION...EAST LOLO...BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:44 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson and 10 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.