Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 22, 2015, 4:59 AM MDT for 8 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 22, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 22, 2015, 4:59 AM MDT (10:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 3398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265 WWUS85 KMSO 221059 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 459 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 MTZ105-230300- /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0003.150722T2100Z-150723T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 459 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * SYNOPSIS: A SURGE OF VERY DRY AIR AND STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS WEATHER COUPLED WITH FUELS HAVING RETURNED TO VERY HIGH TO LOCALLY EXTREME CONDITIONS, NOT TO MENTION A FEW WILDFIRES ALREADY ON THE GROUND, A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS 20-30 MPH (LOCALLY HIGHER) FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10-15% VALLEYS AND 12-18% RIDGES * TIMING: 1500-2100 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
436 WWUS85 KMSO 221521 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 921 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 MTZ104-106-107-230300- /O.EXA.KMSO.FW.W.0003.150722T2100Z-150723T0300Z/ KOOTENAI-WEST LOLO-SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 921 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE KOOTENAI...WEST LOLO...SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * SYNOPSIS: A SURGE OF VERY DRY AIR ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS DRY AND BREEZY WEATHER COUPLED WITH FUELS HAVING RETURNED TO VERY HIGH TO LOCALLY EXTREME CONDITIONS... NOT TO MENTION A FEW WILDFIRES ALREADY ON THE GROUND... A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 12-17 MPH WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH (LOCALLY HIGHER) FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 12-17% VALLEYS AND 17-22% RIDGES * TIMING: 1500-2100 && $$ MTZ105-230300- /O.CON.KMSO.FW.W.0003.150722T2100Z-150723T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK- 921 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * SYNOPSIS: A SURGE OF VERY DRY AIR ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS DRY AND BREEZY WEATHER COUPLED WITH FUELS HAVING RETURNED TO VERY HIGH TO LOCALLY EXTREME CONDITIONS... NOT TO MENTION A FEW WILDFIRES ALREADY ON THE GROUND... A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS 20-30 MPH (LOCALLY HIGHER) FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10-15% VALLEYS AND 12-18% RIDGES * TIMING: 1500-2100 && $$
376 WWUS85 KMSO 230241 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 841 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 MTZ104>107-230345- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150723T0300Z/ KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 841 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE KOOTENAI...WEST LOLO... SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION... SOME HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN VERY LOW, BUT WINDS ARE DECREASING AT MOST OBSERVATIONS SITES, SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.