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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this red flag warning at Jan 4, 2012, 7:37 PM MST for 6 counties in Montana. It was in force for 19 hr. 11 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
- Jan 4, 2012, 7:37 PM MST (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2012, 2:17 PM MST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Glacier County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:38 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nnw Sunburst, MT | |
| Jan 5, 12:56 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Sw Cut Bank, MT | REPORTED AT CUT BANK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Jan 5, 2:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 8 Se East Glacier Park, MT | 81 MPH WIND GUST THIS MORNING AT THE DEEP CREEK RAWS LOCATION. |
| Jan 5, 2:37 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nw Pendroy, MT | 60 MPH WIND GUST AT THE DOT SENSOR JUST NORTHWEST OF PENDROY THIS MORNING. |
| Jan 5, 2:37 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nnw Sunburst, MT | 60 MPH WIND GUST EARLY THIS MORNING AT THE DOT SENSOR JUST SOUTH OF SWEET GRASS. |
| Jan 5, 3:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Sw Kevin, MT | 66 MPH WIND GUST AT THE SCOTT BYE FARM |
| Jan 5, 4:13 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nw Pendroy, MT | |
| Jan 5, 6:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 E Pendroy, MT | |
| Jan 5, 6:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Ese Pendroy, MT | |
| Jan 5, 11:54 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 14 Nnw Joplin, MT | PEAK GUST OF 61 MPH SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Jan 5, 12:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 6 Se Dutton, MT | 55 MPH WIND GUST A DAHLMAN MSCN 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
696 WWUS85 KTFX 050237 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 737 PM MST WED JAN 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES RECOVERING SOMEWHAT LATER TONIGHT... MTZ112-114-050700- /O.NEW.KTFX.FW.W.0001.120105T0237Z-120105T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER/TOOLE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN PONDERA/LIBERTY COUNTIES- LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT/ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 737 PM MST WED JAN 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE GRASSLANDS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112 AND 114... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112 AND 114. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH HUMIDITIES RECOVERING TO ABOVE 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THESE AREAS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
2 follow-up statements
638 WWUS85 KTFX 050641 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1141 PM MST WED JAN 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES RECOVERING SOMEWHAT LATER TONIGHT... MTZ112-114-060000- /O.EXT.KTFX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120106T0000Z/ EASTERN GLACIER/TOOLE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN PONDERA/LIBERTY COUNTIES- LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT/ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 1141 PM MST WED JAN 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE GRASSLANDS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112 AND 114... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112 AND 114. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 SLOWLY RECOVERING OVERNIGHT TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. RH VALUES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT RH VALUES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THESE AREAS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
638 WWUS85 KTFX 052117 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 217 PM MST THU JAN 5 2012 MTZ112-114-052230- /O.CAN.KTFX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120106T0000Z/ EASTERN GLACIER/TOOLE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN PONDERA/LIBERTY COUNTIES- LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT/ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 217 PM MST THU JAN 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112 AND 114... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RISEN ABOVE 30 PERCENT ACROSS GLACIER...TOOLE...PONDERA AND TETON COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RISE AS TEMPERATURES COOL THROUGH TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
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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.