Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2016, 2:55 AM MDT for Adams County, Bowman County, Slope County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 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
- Apr 7, 2016, 2:55 AM MDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Slope County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
285 WWUS83 KBIS 070855 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN SLOPE...BOWMAN...AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. NDZ040-043-044-071700- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0003.160407T1800Z-160408T0000Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 255 AM MDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 040...043 AND 044... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WITH ANY OPEN FLAMES. CONTACT YOUR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO CHECK ON RESTRICTIONS BEFORE DOING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING. && $$ CJS/KS
3 follow-up statements
416 WWUS83 KBIS 071135 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 635 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN SLOPE...BOWMAN...AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. NDZ040-043-044-071945- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0003.160407T1800Z-160408T0000Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 535 AM MDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 040...043 AND 044... * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WITH ANY OPEN FLAMES. CONTACT YOUR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO CHECK ON RESTRICTIONS BEFORE DOING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING. && $$ CJS/KS
284 WWUS83 KBIS 071707 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1207 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN SLOPE...BOWMAN...AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. NDZ040-043-044-080000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0003.160407T1800Z-160408T0000Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 1107 AM MDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 040...043 AND 044... * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...18 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WITH ANY OPEN FLAMES. CONTACT YOUR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO CHECK ON RESTRICTIONS BEFORE DOING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING. && $$ CJS/KS/NH
337 WWUS83 KBIS 072355 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 655 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ABATED... .THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RISEN. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT. NDZ040-043-044-080100- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 555 PM MDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 040...043 AND 044... THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RISEN. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT. $$ WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons, McIntosh | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 27 min |
| Apr 6, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Oliver | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 8:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 8:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 11:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 11:25 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 14 more | 19 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.