Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 12, 2015, 2:58 AM MDT for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 12, 2015, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Apr 12, 2015, 2:58 AM MDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2015, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 26 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 3533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701 WWUS83 KBIS 120858 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200 FROM MCLEAN COUNTY TO CARRINGTON. THIS AREA SHOULD SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TO MID 60S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EACH DAY. NDZ009>011-121000- /O.CAN.KBIS.FW.A.0006.150412T1600Z-150413T0300Z/ WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- 358 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...THESE COUNTIES WILL SEE HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT WITH CHANCES OF SCATTERED SHOWERS. $$ NDZ017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-121700- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0006.150412T1600Z-150413T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0007.150412T1600Z-150413T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 358 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /258 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING AND THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S TO MID 60S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JV
4 follow-up statements
299 WWUS83 KBIS 121507 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1007 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200 FROM MCLEAN COUNTY TO CARRINGTON. THIS AREA SHOULD SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TO MID 60S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EACH DAY. NDZ017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-122315- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0007.150412T1600Z-150413T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1007 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /907 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S TO MID 60S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WAA
609 WWUS83 KBIS 121759 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1259 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY... .THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200 FROM MCLEAN COUNTY TO CARRINGTON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUNDAY SHOULD SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TO MID 60S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. ON MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT OVER ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY... WITH POTENTIAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AGAIN. NDZ019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-130200- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0007.150413T1700Z-150414T0100Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150413T0300Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 1259 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /1159 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-130200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150413T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- 1259 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /1159 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 55 TO 65. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-130200- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.A.0007.150413T1700Z-150414T0100Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- 1259 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ WAA
822 WWUS83 KBIS 130017 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 717 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY... .THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200 FROM MCLEAN TO FOSTER COUNTY AND SOUTH THROUGH 9 PM CDT...8 PM MDT. OVERALL...CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE APPROACH OF SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY AND DECREASING WINDS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY... WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. NDZ019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-130830- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150413T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0007.150413T1700Z-150414T0100Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 717 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /617 PM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH MONDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...50S SUNDAY EVENING...UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S MONDAY. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-130300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150413T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- 717 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /617 PM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 50S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-130830- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0007.150413T1700Z-150414T0100Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- 717 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
734 WWUS83 KBIS 130249 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 949 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON MONDAY. WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY... WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. NDZ019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-131100- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150413T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0007.150413T1700Z-150414T0100Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 949 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /849 PM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-130400- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150413T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- 949 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 /849 PM MDT SUN APR 12 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TUESDAY...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-131100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.A.0007.150413T1700Z-150414T0100Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- 949 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ AYD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 12, 2:41 AM MDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 2:41 AM MDT, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 341 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH TUESDAY... MAIN CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM INCLUDE STRONG WINDS AND THE FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR TODAY. CURRENTLY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM A LOW OVER NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN/MANITOBA SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. ANOTHER SECONDARY COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN. THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT IS ALIGNED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS. SHORTWAVE ENERGY IMPULSES UPSTREAM OF THE TROUGH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LATER TODAY AS THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVE INTO THE STATE...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ANY SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME MORE ISOLATED DURING THE EVENING IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. REGARDING WINDS...H850 WINDS BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD FRONTS ARE GENERALLY IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WITH H700 WINDS IN THE 35 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THE HIGHEST OF THESE WINDS IS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DRY ADIABATIC LINK THROUGH H850 OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND THROUGH H700 THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECTING SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS IN THE SOUTHWEST OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE LOWER 50S WEST TO THE MID 60S IN THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE JAMES VALLEY IN NORTH DAKOTA. SEE THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN CONTINUES. WESTERN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE AND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN SPLITS AS IT MOVES ONTO THE PLAINS. FLOW REMAINS PROGRESSIVE BUT IS MORE ZONAL TO NORTHWEST LATE IN THE WORK WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH PERIODIC WAVES BRINGING SMALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES. ON MONDAY WE SEE BUILDING UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS BEHIND THE EXITING WAVE IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE WEST WILL SEE A DISTINCT WARM-UP FROM TODAY...WHILE TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST WILL REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME. WE STILL SEE A DECENT SURFACE GRADIENT IN THE EAST THAT SLOWLY RELAXES DURING THE AFTERNOON. GFS/NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGE FROM THE MID 20S NEAR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID TEENS OVER THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WILL LIKELY NEED FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES IF CURRENT TRENDS HOLD. HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE SLOWED SOME...AND COULD SEE HEADLINES NEEDED FARTHER WEST IF THEY CONTINUE TO SLOW. THUS WITH CURRENT FIRE HEADLINES AND UNCERTAINTY ON EXACTLY WHERE HEADLINES MAY END UP...WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. COORD WITH SPC AND SURROUNDING WFOS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO BE LOW IN THE WEST MONDAY...BUT WILL BE LIGHTER WITH SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE AREA. GFS/NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA INDICATE SUSTAINED WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST INTO THE LOWER 20S IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. TUESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY WITH FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AS WE QUICKLY TRANSITION TO A SOUTHERLY FLOW AS EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE RESULTING IN DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE NORTHERN AND CANADIAN ROCKIES. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALL DETERMINISTIC MODELS INDICATE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN MONTANA WITH A THERMAL RIDGE PUSHING INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY LOOKS QUITE WARM WITH DAYTIME HIGHS WELL INTO THE 70S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. KEPT PREVIOUS FORECAST HIGHS...WITH SOME 80S SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. TEMPERATURE PROFILES SUPPORT 80S EVEN FARTHER NORTH...BUT A THICKENING LAYER OF UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS MIGHT INHIBIT HEATING A BIT DURING THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE BIG LAKE AND THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH 20 TO 30 PERCENT NORTH AND EAST. WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND EVEN HIGHER OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...WE WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER DAY WITH FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AS MENTIONED EARLIER...MODELS HAVE SLOWED FROM PREVIOUS RUNS AND PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...POSSIBLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUS HAVE REMOVED THE MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE WEST TUESDAY EVENING. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE WEST TUESDAY NIGHT...AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. WILL MAINTAIN SOME SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS...BUT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS LOOK MEAGER. IT WILL BE BREEZY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BUT MUCH COOLER AIR WILL ALSO FOLLOW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S WEST TO MID 60S EAST. THUS HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER AND FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE LOWER. WE TRANSITION TO A MORE ZONAL TO SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH BRIEF WARM-UPS FOLLOWED BY BRIEF COOL-DOWNS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AND SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS WITH EACH PASSING WAVE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1235 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND INCREASE TO BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTS OF 30-40 KTS LATER TODAY. WINDS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFT 00Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE 00 UTC TAF CYCLE. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY...HOWEVER ANY IMPACTS TO THE TERMINALS SHOULD BE MINIMAL. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... LITTLE RELIEF IN STORE REGARDING MOISTURE THIS COMING WEEK. WITH STILL DORMANT GRASSES...THE GUSTY WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CREATE ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. REMAIN CONFIDENT ON NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH SOUTHWEST. THIS IS FROM A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH EXPECTED HIGHS IN THE 50S TO THE MIDDLE 60S. THERE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT DRYING IN THE LOWER LEVELS FOR MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL INTO THE THE UPPER TEENS SOUTH AND 25 TO 35 PERCENT NORTH. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS AFTERNOON THE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WILLISTON TO MINOT AND RUGBY. THIS IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 PERCENT. THEREFORE WILL UPGRADE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WILLISTON TO MINOT TO RUGBY. THIS AREA SHOULD SEE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT COINCIDING WITH THE STRONGER WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE 60S. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT OVER MOST AREAS...WITH UP TO 25 PERCENT IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MINOT TO JAMESTOWN AND OAKES SHOULD SEE NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH. THIS IS THE AREA OF CONCERN FOR ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. TUESDAY...ANOTHER DAY WITH FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. VERY WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...AND 15 TO 20 MPH ELSEWHERE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AGAIN AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NDZ017>023-025-031>037- 040>048-050-051. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044. && SHORT TERM...JV LONG TERM...TWH AVIATION...JV FIRE WEATHER...JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 8:39 PM MDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 939 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 NDZ001>005-012-013-130245- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE- 939 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEST SUNDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && MORE WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ009>011-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-130245- WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 939 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 /839 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH EXPECTED. CONTINUED WINDY AND DRY MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEST SUNDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && MORE WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS. AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:59 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 17 more | 15 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.