Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at May 5, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 5, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
228 WWUS83 KBIS 051745 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1245 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WHERE SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL BE CO-LOCATED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 16-22 PERCENT FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS AND JAMES RIVER VALLEY UNTIL 8 PM CDT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROLLA TO RUGBY...HARVEY TO JAMESTOWN...SOUTH TO EDGELEY AND ELLENDALE. NDZ005-013-023-025-037-048-051-060100- /O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0007.160505T1800Z-160506T0100Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- 1245 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...013...023...025... 037...048 AND 051... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...013...023...025... 037...048 AND 051. * WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...16 TO 22 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...BETWEEN 1 PM CDT AND 8 PM CDT. * 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. && $$ AJ
2 follow-up statements
168 WWUS83 KBIS 052115 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 415 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE ROLETTE...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY AND ELLENDALE AREAS. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD. NDZ005-013-023-025-037-048-051-060100- /O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160506T0100Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- 415 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...013...023...025...037... 048 AND 051... * AFFECTED AREA...ROLETTE...PIERCE...WELLS...FOSTER...STUTSMAN... LA MOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING...WHICH CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CJS
543 WWUS83 KBIS 060106 RFWBIS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 806 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY RISING. THIS HAS BROUGHT AN END TO THE EARLIER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NDZ005-013-023-025-037-048-051-060215- /O.EXP.KBIS.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160506T0100Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- 806 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...013...023...025...037...048 AND 051... WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 10 MPH AND HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT. THEREFORE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. $$ CJS
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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.