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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Glasgow, MT

May 7, 20219 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2021, 3:05 AM MDT for 9 counties in Montana. It took effect at May 7, 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
May 7, 2021, 3:05 AM MDT (09:05 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 7, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, McCone 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2021-05-07Temperature 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 2021-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

517 
WWUS85 KGGW 070905
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
305 AM MDT Fri May 7 2021


MTZ120-080200-
/O.UPG.KGGW.FW.A.0008.210507T1800Z-210508T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.FW.W.0009.210507T1800Z-210508T0200Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
305 AM MDT Fri May 7 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 120...

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Watch is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 120.

* TIMING...Noon through 8pm today.

* WINDS...Southeast 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent.

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

* IMPACTS...New fire starts will spread rapidly and become
  difficult to contain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MTZ122-080200-
/O.NEW.KGGW.FW.W.0009.210507T1800Z-210508T0200Z/
Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties-
305 AM MDT Fri May 7 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 122...

The National Weather Service in Glasgow has issued a Red Flag
Warning for strong winds and low relative humidity, which is in 
effect from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 122.

* TIMING...Noon through 8pm today.

* WINDS...Southeast 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 17 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs in the upper 60s and low 70s.

* IMPACTS...New fire starts will spread rapidly and become
  difficult to contain.

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
079 
WWUS85 KGGW 080154
RFWGGW

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
754 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021


MTZ120-122-080300-
/O.EXP.KGGW.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210508T0200Z/
Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties-
Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties-
754 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

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

Relative humidity values have been on the increase this evening.
Therefore, the Red Flag Warning is being allowed to expire.

However, gusty winds will continue through the rest of the evening
and into the overnight hours, with precipitation spreading across
the area overnight.

$$

http://www.weather.gov/glasgow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 1:44 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGGWDaniels, Phillips, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley40 hr

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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.