Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 8, 2013, 1:11 PM MDT for 8 counties in Montana; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 9, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 9 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 1:11 PM MDT (19:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:05 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | Drummond, MT | DIME SIZED HAIL |
| Aug 9, 4:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 29 Ese Red River Hot Spr, ID | A MICROBURST WITH ESTIMATED 60MPH WINDS BLEW DOWN 20+ TREES AROUND CREWS ON THE GOLD PAN FIRE. TREES BLOCKED ROADS AND CREWS HAD TO USE CHAINSAWS TO GET OUT OF THE AREA. |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 N Florence, MT | FOUR COTTONWOOD LIMBS TWELVE INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE DOWN. TSTM WND GST DURATION 10 MINUTES |
| Aug 9, 7:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 E Florence, MT | |
| Aug 9, 7:05 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 3 E Florence, MT | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Aug 9, 7:05 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Florence, MT | RECEIVED 0.46 OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. |
| Aug 9, 7:06 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hamilton, MT | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN AROUND TOWN |
| Aug 9, 7:45 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Drummond, MT | NICKEL SIZED HAIL |
| Aug 9, 8:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E New Chicago, MT | AN ESTIMATED 5 FOOT WALL OF FAST MOVING WATER MOVED THROUGH A CANYON NEAR A RANCH. THE WATER COMBINED WITH PEA SIZED HAIL SEVERLY DAMAGED GRAIN, ALFALFA & TWISTED SEVERAL LARGE METAL SPRINKLERS. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE NEAR 1 INCH IN ONE HOUR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284 WWUS85 KMSO 081911 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 111 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 IDZ102-103-091200- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0002.130809T2000Z-130810T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE- 1211 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY 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 1 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 20 TO 30 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED COVERAGE WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL. * TIMING: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING... HOWEVER STORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE THE 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. && $$ MTZ109-091200- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0002.130809T2000Z-130810T0400Z/ BITTERROOT- 111 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BITTERROOT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM MDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 20 TO 30 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BOTH WET AND DRY. * TIMING: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING... HOWEVER STORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$ MTZ110-111-091200- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0002.130809T2000Z-130810T0400Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 111 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM MDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BOTH WET AND DRY. * TIMING: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING... HOWEVER STORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE THE 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
745 WWUS85 KMSO 091103 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 503 AM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013 IDZ102-103-MTZ109>111-091915- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.130809T2000Z-130810T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 503 AM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013 /403 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT /1 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT /1 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 20 TO 30 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED COVERAGE WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL. * TIMING: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... HOWEVER STORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS INTENDED TO ALERT LAND MANAGERS TO EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ALONG WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FIRE DANGER. && $$
258 WWUS85 KMSO 091851 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1251 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013 IDZ102-103-MTZ109>111-100400- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0002.130809T2000Z-130810T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1251 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013 /1151 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON... CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE...BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD... EAST BEAVERHEAD... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 20 TO 30 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED COVERAGE WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: STORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE THE 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. && $$
525 WWUS85 KMSO 100344 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 944 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013 IDZ102-103-MTZ109>111-100445- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130810T0400Z/ PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON-CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT- DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 944 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013 /844 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE PALOUSE/HELLS CANYON...CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE... BITTERROOT...DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...EAST BEAVERHEAD... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT /9 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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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.