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Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2012
112 red flag warnings in 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 112
- Busiest month
- August38 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- September 13, 20125 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:37 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 19 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:46 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 8 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:06 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:33 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:59 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:54 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:16 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 4 days |
| Mar 16, 3:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:01 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Wibaux | 12 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:18 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 65 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 16 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:22 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Phillips | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:37 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 14 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Carter, Fallon, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:13 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Wibaux | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 15 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Phillips, Prairie, Richland and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:55 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:29 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith Basin and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:58 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith Basin and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:55 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Prairie, Richland and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:54 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 60 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:08 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher | 17 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:45 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, Silver Bow | 14 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:19 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher | 30 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 33 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:13 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 12 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison, Musselshell, Park and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher | 18 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:48 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:45 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 11 more | 40 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:33 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:31 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 32 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Custer, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison and 9 more | 41 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 9 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:20 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith Basin and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:55 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison, Musselshell and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:48 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 24 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:23 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Glacier, Hill, Liberty, Phillips, Pondera and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin, Meagher | 8 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:38 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison, Musselshell and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:16 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:42 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:11 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:25 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more | 40 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:33 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:20 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley | 18 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Carter, Fallon, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:57 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:25 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 4 more | 66 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:27 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 43 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Gallatin, Madison, Park, Sweet Grass | 17 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 2:57 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 66 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more | 3 days |
| Sep 1, 3:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Missoula and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:56 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 4 more | 40 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:33 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:06 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 4 days |
| Sep 7, 3:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more | 4 days |
| Sep 8, 8:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Jefferson, Lake and 8 more | 63 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 3 days |
| Sep 9, 1:43 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 31 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:32 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Carter, Custer, Fallon | 15 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:16 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:03 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Phillips, Prairie, Richland and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:20 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Glacier, Liberty, Pondera, Toole | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:56 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:15 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Flathead, Glacier, Lake, Missoula, Powell | 35 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty and 4 more | 48 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Gallatin and 11 more | 34 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:14 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Phillips | 23 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:42 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, Silver Bow | 16 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:28 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County40
- Phillips County39
- Gallatin County37
- Jefferson County37
- McCone County32
- Lewis and Clark County30
- Valley County30
- Powell County29
- Dawson County28
- Prairie County28
- Richland County28
- Wibaux County28
- Garfield County25
- Petroleum County25
- Carter County23
- Fallon County23
- Meagher County22
- Big Horn County22
- Custer County21
- Golden Valley County21
- Musselshell County21
- Powder River County21
- Rosebud County21
- Treasure County21
- Fergus County20
- Park County20
- Sweet Grass County20
- Yellowstone County20
- Beaverhead County20
- Silver Bow County20
- Carbon County19
- Stillwater County19
- Wheatland County19
- Granite County19
- Cascade County18
- Judith Basin County18
- Daniels County18
- Roosevelt County18
- Sheridan County18
- Deer Lodge County18
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.