Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2016, 2:58 AM MDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 13, 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 13, 2016, 2:58 AM MDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 191 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
- 2345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
074 WWUS83 KBIS 130858 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 MPH...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S WILL CREATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON ADDING THE ELEMENT OF DRY LIGHTNING. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY AND DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON MDT UNTIL 6 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY AND TIOGA...TO HALLIDAY TO RICHARDTON...SOUTH TO HETTINGER. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-131700- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0005.160413T1800Z-160414T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 358 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016 /258 AM MDT WED APR 13 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018...031...032... 033...040...041...043 AND 044... 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 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018... 031...032...033...040...041...043 AND 044. * WIND...SOUTHERLY 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING. * HIGHEST THREAT...BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM MDT. * 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. && $$ WAA
4 follow-up statements
366 WWUS83 KBIS 131459 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 959 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 MPH...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S WILL CREATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON ADDING THE ELEMENT OF DRY LIGHTNING. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY AND DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON MDT UNTIL 6 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY AND TIOGA...TO HALLIDAY TO RICHARDTON...SOUTH TO HETTINGER. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-132300- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0005.160413T1800Z-160414T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 959 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016 /859 AM MDT WED APR 13 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018...031... 032...033...040...041...043 AND 044... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018... 031...032...033...040...041...043 AND 044. * WIND...SOUTHERLY 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING. * HIGHEST THREAT...BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM MDT. * 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. && $$ TWH
327 WWUS83 KBIS 131736 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1236 PM CDT WED APR 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 MPH...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S WILL CREATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON ADDING THE ELEMENT OF DRY LIGHTNING. DRY VEGETATION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY AND DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA FROM NOON MDT UNTIL 6 PM MDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY AND TIOGA...TO HALLIDAY TO RICHARDTON...SOUTH TO HETTINGER. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0005.160413T1800Z-160414T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 1236 PM CDT WED APR 13 2016 /1136 AM MDT WED APR 13 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018...031... 032...033... 040...041...043 AND 044... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018... 031...032...033...040...041...043 AND 044. * WIND...SOUTHERLY 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING. * HIGHEST THREAT...BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM MDT. * 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. && $$ TWH
828 WWUS83 KBIS 132110 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 410 PM CDT WED APR 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY AND TIOGA...TO HALLIDAY TO RICHARDTON...SOUTH TO HETTINGER. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 MPH...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S WILL CREATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND SHIFTS THROUGH. DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY EARLY THIS EVENING. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140000- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160414T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 410 PM CDT WED APR 13 2016 /310 PM MDT WED APR 13 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018...031... 032...033...040...041...043 AND 044... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018... 031...032...033...040...041...043 AND 044. * WIND...SOUTHERLY 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING. * HIGHEST THREAT...UNTIL 6 PM MDT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KS
875 WWUS83 KBIS 132350 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 650 PM CDT WED APR 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT OR 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT...OR 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140100- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160414T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 650 PM CDT WED APR 13 2016 /550 PM MDT WED APR 13 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY VEGETATION...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...009...017...018...031... 032...033...040...041...043 AND 044... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT...OR 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$ AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 24 min |
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.