Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2016, 2:59 AM MDT for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 9, 2016, 2:59 AM MDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 26 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 84 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 88 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
- 2203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
810 WWUS83 KBIS 090859 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 359 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY MID AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND EXPAND EASTWARD AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN...SOUTHWESTWARD TO HETTINGER. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-091700- /O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0003.160409T1800Z-160410T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0004.160409T1800Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 359 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /259 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...10-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && 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. && $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-042-091700- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0004.160409T1800Z-160410T0200Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- 359 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /259 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JV
7 follow-up statements
661 WWUS83 KBIS 091145 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 645 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY MID AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND EXPAND EASTWARD AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN...SOUTHWESTWARD TO HETTINGER. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>044-091945- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.160409T1800Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 645 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /545 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JV/CJS
204 WWUS83 KBIS 091457 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 957 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BY MID AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND EXPAND EASTWARD AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN...SOUTHWESTWARD TO HETTINGER. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>044-092300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.160409T1800Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 957 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /857 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TWH
465 WWUS83 KBIS 091805 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 105 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BY MID AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND EXPAND EASTWARD AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN...SOUTHWESTWARD TO HETTINGER. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>044-100200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 105 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /1205 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TWH
989 WWUS83 KBIS 091902 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 202 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT...WILL ALSO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN...SOUTHWESTWARD TO HETTINGER. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...ASHLEY AND ELLENDALE. NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-092300- /O.EXB.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160409T2300Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 202 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...2O TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>044-100200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 202 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /102 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TWH
430 WWUS83 KBIS 092103 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 403 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN...SOUTHWEST TO HETTINGER. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...ASHLEY AND ELLENDALE. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>044-100200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 403 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /303 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-092300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160409T2300Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 403 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...2O TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TWH
262 WWUS83 KBIS 092249 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 549 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOHALL AND MINOT...TO GARRISON AND MANDAN... SOUTHWEST TO HETTINGER. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...ASHLEY AND ELLENDALE. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-100200- /O.EXT.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160410T0200Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 549 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...2O TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>044-100200- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 549 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /449 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JJS
127 WWUS83 KBIS 100154 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 854 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING WHILE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-025-031>034-037-040>044-047-048-050- 051-100300- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160410T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 854 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016 /754 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...009...010...011... 017...018...019...020...021...025...031...032...033...034...037... 040...041...042...043...044...047...048... 050 AND 051... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING WHILE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:10 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 13 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.