Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Missoula, MT

Issued

Aug 30, 2016, 7:48 AM PDT (14:48 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 30, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT

Expired

Aug 30, 2016, 6:13 PM PDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

749 
WWUS85 KMSO 301448
RFWMSO

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
848 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016

IDZ103-MTZ109-310300-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0009.160830T1800Z-160831T0300Z/
CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT-
848 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016 /748 AM PDT TUE AUG 30 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY TO
9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING...

* AFFECTED AREA:
   FIRE ZONE 103 (CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE).
   FIRE ZONE 109 (BITTERROOT).

* A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
  SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON CREATING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE
  HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS.

* WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 35
  TO 55 MPH. ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AND
  COMPLEX TERRAIN.

* MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 12 PERCENT AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. 13 TO
  18 PERCENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.


&&

$$

MTZ104>108-310600-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0009.160830T2100Z-160831T0600Z/
KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO-
SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-
848 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

* AFFECTED AREA:
   FIRE ZONE 104 (KOOTENAI).
   FIRE ZONE 105 (FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK).
   FIRE ZONE 106 (WEST LOLO).
   FIRE ZONE 107 (SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION).
   FIRE ZONE 108 (EAST LOLO).

* A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
  SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON CREATING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE
  HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS.

* WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 35
  TO 55 MPH. ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AND
  COMPLEX TERRAIN.

* MINIMUM HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 15 PERCENT AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. 16 TO
  25 PERCENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.



&&

$$

733 
WWUS85 KMSO 310113
RFWMSO

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
713 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016

IDZ103-MTZ109-310215-
/O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160831T0300Z/
CLEARWATER/NEZ PERCE-BITTERROOT-
713 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016 /613 PM PDT TUE AUG 30 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

$$

MTZ104>108-310215-
/O.CAN.KMSO.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160831T0600Z/
KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO-
SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION-EAST LOLO-
713 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

$$

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