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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 6, 202112 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this red flag warning at Jun 6, 2021, 3:01 AM MDT for 12 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jun 6, 2021, 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
Jun 6, 2021, 3:01 AM MDT (09:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2021, 8:11 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

087 
WWUS85 KGGW 060901
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
301 AM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021


MTZ120-122-134>137-070000-
/O.NEW.KGGW.FW.W.0013.210606T1800Z-210607T0000Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties-
Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties-The Little Rockies-
The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell
National Wildlife Refuge-
Southern Petroleum and Southern Garfield Counties-
301 AM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE 
WEATHER ZONES 120, 122, 134, 135, 136, AND 137...

The National Weather Service in Glasgow has issued a Red Flag
Warning for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is in 
effect from noon today to 6 PM MDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 120, 122, 134, 135, 136 and 
  137.

* TIMING...Noon through 6 pm this evening.

* WINDS...West 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs in the upper 60s to the mid 70s.

* IMPACTS...New fire starts will rapidly spread east.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these
areas of this Red Flag Warning.

&&

$$

http://www.weather.gov/glasgow
2 follow-up statements
860 
WWUS85 KGGW 062345
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
545 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

MTZ122-134>137-070045-
/O.CAN.KGGW.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210607T0000Z/
Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties-
Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties-The Little Rockies-
The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell
National Wildlife Refuge-
Southern Petroleum and Southern Garfield Counties-
545 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 122, 134, 135, 136, AND 137...

The National Weather Service in Glasgow has cancelled the Red
Flag Warning.

Winds have begun to subside across the region allowing the Red
Flag Warning to expire.

$$

MTZ120-070300-
/O.EXT.KGGW.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210607T0300Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
545 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
120...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 120.

* TIMING...Noon through 9 pm this evening.

* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 19 percent.

* IMPACTS...New fire starts will rapidly spread eastward. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these
areas of this Red Flag Warning.

&&

$$

http://www.weather.gov/glasgow
697 
WWUS85 KGGW 070211
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
811 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021


MTZ120-070315-
/O.CAN.KGGW.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210607T0300Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
811 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
GUSTY WINDS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 120...

The National Weather Service in Glasgow has cancelled the Red
Flag Warning.

Winds have begun to subside across the region allowing the Red 
Flag Warning to finally expire. 

$$

http://www.weather.gov/glasgow

The office that day

Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWDawson, Richland, Wibaux77 min
Jun 5, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWWibaux55 min

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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.