Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2012, 4:16 AM MDT for 14 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 13, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr. 37 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
- Mar 13, 2012, 4:16 AM MDT (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2012, 3:31 AM MDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Blaine County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:06 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 S Cascade, MT | MEASURED WIND GUST 65 MPH. |
| Mar 13, 12:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 E Highwood, MT | |
| Mar 13, 12:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Se Highwood, MT | |
| Mar 13, 1:44 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Sse Geyser, MT | 60 MPH WIND GUST AT GEYSER DOT. |
| Mar 13, 1:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Nw Cascade, MT | 66 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED NEAR CASCADE SINCE THIS MORNING... EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. |
| Mar 13, 2:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Ese Pendroy, MT | WIND GUST OF 60 MPH MEASURED AT RICE RIDGE. |
| Mar 13, 2:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 8 Sse Danvers, MT | COTTONWOOD TREES SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN DUE TO HIGH WINDS. |
| Mar 13, 2:32 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 6 Ne Whitlash, MT | |
| Mar 13, 2:42 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 9 E Ferdig, MT | WIND GUST OF 65 MPH MEASURED. BLOWING DUST. |
| Mar 13, 2:45 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Nnw Sunburst, MT | WIND GUST OF 58 MPH MEASURED NEAR SUNBURST. |
| Mar 13, 3:12 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 W Lincoln, MT | ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH WEST OF LINCOLN. TEMPERATURE DROPPED FROM 52 TO 28. CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVY. |
| Mar 13, 3:39 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Hilger, MT | WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ESTIMATED IN HILGER. |
| Mar 13, 3:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 7 E Geyser, MT | 61 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED NEAR GEYSER. |
| Mar 13, 4:14 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 5 Wsw Great Falls, MT | SUSTAINED WINDS 50 MPH GUSTS 63 MPH. COLD FRONT WIND SHIFT WITH RESTRICTED VSBY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. |
| Mar 13, 4:24 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Galata, MT | 62 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED NEAR GALATA. |
| Mar 13, 4:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 17 Sw Simms, MT | WIND GUST OF 58 MPH MEASURED NEAR BOWMANS. |
| Mar 13, 4:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 13 Wnw Big Sandy, MT | |
| Mar 13, 5:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 8 N Belt, MT | ESTIMATED WINDS OF 55 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW. |
| Mar 13, 5:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 13 W Bynum, MT | WIND GUST OF 62 MPH MEASURED AT DELLWO. |
| Mar 13, 5:08 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 E Inverness, MT | WIND GUST OF 62 MPH MEASURED NEAR INVERNESS. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 48 MPH. |
| Mar 13, 5:08 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 Sw Cut Bank, MT | |
| Mar 13, 5:51 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 W Havre, MT | 61 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED BY HAVRE ASOS. |
| Mar 13, 5:52 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Ese Denton, MT | WIND GUST OF 58 MPH MEASURED NEAR DENTON. |
| Mar 13, 5:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 Se Big Sandy, MT | |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 14 Nnw Joplin, MT | |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 17 N Chester, MT | 66 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED NORTH OF CHESTER. |
| Mar 13, 6:03 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Nw Pendroy, MT | 63 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT PENDROY. |
| Mar 13, 6:18 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 13 S Fort Belknap, MT | SUSTAINED WINDS 46 MPH WITH GUSTS 61 MPH. |
| Mar 13, 6:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 35 S Malta, MT | MALTA SOUTH US-191 DOT WEATHER STATION GUSTING TO 63 MPH. |
| Mar 13, 7:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 13 W Saint Mary, MT | GARDEN WALL |
| Mar 13, 7:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 W Malta, MT | MALTA SUPERAWOS STATION AT THE MALTA AIRPORT WIND GUST 54 MPH. |
| Mar 13, 7:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ssw Malta, MT | WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH |
| Mar 13, 7:18 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 13 S Fort Belknap, MT | |
| Mar 13, 7:27 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 23 N Havre, MT | |
| Mar 13, 9:21 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 11 Ene Zortman, MT | SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 52 MPH AT THE TIME. |
| Mar 14, 12:25 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 14 W Bynum, MT | |
| Mar 14, 12:33 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 10 Sw Dupuyer, MT |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 2310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
391 WWUS85 KTFX 131016 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 416 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 .SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STRONG BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL ALSO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. MTZ112>115-117-132230- /O.UPG.KTFX.FW.A.0002.120313T1500Z-120314T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.FW.W.0005.120313T1500Z-120314T0600Z/ EASTERN GLACIER/TOOLE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN PONDERA/LIBERTY COUNTIES-HILL AND BLAINE COUNTIES- LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT/ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-CHOUTEAU AND FERGUS COUNTIES- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST AREAS- 416 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112...113...114...115 AND 117 BELOW 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 5000 FEET FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112 BELOW 5000 FEET... 113 BELOW 5000 FEET...114 BELOW 5000 FEET...115 BELOW 5000 FEET AND 117 BELOW 5000 FEET. * TIMING...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH CUT BANK AROUND NOON THEN MOVE TO A LINE FROM CHINOOK THROUGH LEWISTOWN TO NEAR BOZEMAN AROUND 6 PM MDT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN GRASSLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF FORECAST CONDITIONS AND DRY GRASSLAND FUELS COULD RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THESE AREAS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
3 follow-up statements
568 WWUS85 KTFX 131603 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1003 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE SHIFTING WINDS TO WEST BY THIS EVENING... MTZ112>115-117-140600- /O.CON.KTFX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120314T0600Z/ EASTERN GLACIER/TOOLE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN PONDERA/LIBERTY COUNTIES-HILL AND BLAINE COUNTIES- LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT/ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-CHOUTEAU AND FERGUS COUNTIES- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST AREAS- 1003 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112...113...114...115 AND 117 BELOW 5000 FEET... A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112...113...114...115 AND 117 BELOW 5000 FEET. * TIMING...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH CUT BANK AROUND 1400...THEN MOVE EAST TO A LINE FROM HAVRE TO GREAT FALLS BY 1700 AND CHINOOK THROUGH LEWISTOWN AND BOZEMAN BY AROUND 2000 MDT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN GRASSLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF FORECAST CONDITIONS AND DRY GRASSLAND FUELS COULD RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THESE AREAS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
096 WWUS85 KTFX 140346 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 946 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 MTZ112-114-115-117-140500- /O.CAN.KTFX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120314T0600Z/ EASTERN GLACIER/TOOLE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN PONDERA/LIBERTY COUNTIES- LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT/ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-CHOUTEAU AND FERGUS COUNTIES- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST AREAS- 946 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 112...114...115 AND 117... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ MTZ113-141200- /O.EXT.KTFX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120314T1200Z/ HILL AND BLAINE COUNTIES- 946 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 BELOW 5000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 5000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 BELOW 5000 FEET. * TIMING...BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BUT DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE CREATING CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THESE AREAS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
491 WWUS85 KTFX 140931 RFWTFX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 331 AM MDT WED MAR 14 2012 MTZ113-141045- /O.CAN.KTFX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120314T1200Z/ HILL AND BLAINE COUNTIES- 331 AM MDT WED MAR 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY RECOVERING. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 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.