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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Glasgow, MT

May 1, 202112 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2021, 3:14 AM MDT for 12 counties in Montana. It took effect at May 1, 2021, 2:00 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
May 1, 2021, 3:14 AM MDT (09:14 UTC)
In effect from
May 1, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 1, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 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 09:14 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, 9.2 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 2021-05-01Temperature 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 2021-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
3904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

157 
WWUS85 KGGW 010914
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
314 AM MDT Sat May 1 2021

MTZ120-122-134-136-020200-
/O.UPG.KGGW.FW.A.0007.210501T2000Z-210502T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.FW.W.0008.210501T2000Z-210502T0200Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties-
Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties-
The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell
National Wildlife Refuge-
314 AM MDT Sat May 1 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 120, 122, 134, AND 136...

The National Weather Service in Glasgow has issued a Red Flag
Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in 
effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 8 PM MDT this evening. The Fire
Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

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

* TIMING...From 2 pm until 8 pm today.

* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

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

* TEMPERATURES...In the low to mid 70s.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

http://www.weather.gov/glasgow
1 follow-up statement
157 
WWUS85 KGGW 020154
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
754 PM MDT Sat May 1 2021

MTZ120-122-134-136-020300-
/O.EXP.KGGW.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210502T0200Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties-
Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties-
The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell
National Wildlife Refuge-
754 PM MDT Sat May 1 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 120, 122, 134, AND 136...

Relative humidity continues to recover as winds calm. The warning
will be allowed to expire.

$$

http://www.weather.gov/glasgow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 2:13 PM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryGGWGarfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley31 hr

Nearby

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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.