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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Jul 15, 2006, 4:04 AM CDT for 11 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 15, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Jul 15, 2006, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 29 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 60 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 278 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KFGF 150904 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 404 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR A PORTION OF EASTER NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... .HOT AND DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALSO BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND DURING AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NDZ038-039-049-052-053-151715- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0001.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0002.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/ BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- 404 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOT DRY AIR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND BY LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE ON SUNDAY... ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MNZ001>003-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ024-026>030-151715- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0002.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- 404 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HOT DRY AIR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND BY LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE ON SUNDAY... ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KENNEDY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KFGF 151517 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1017 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... .HOT AND DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALSO BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND DURING AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MNZ004>009-160200- /O.EXA.KFGF.FW.W.0002.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI- 1017 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. HOT DRY AIR AND SHIFTING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WHEN HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 25 PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE ON SUNDAY...ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MNZ001>003-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-160200- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0002.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT- 1017 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOT DRY AIR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WHEN HUMIDITY WILL BE BELOW 25 PERCENT. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND BY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE ON SUNDAY...ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-160200- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0002.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/ EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- 1017 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING ACROSS A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HOT DRY AIR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WHEN HUMIDITY WILL BE BELOW 20 PERCENT. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND BY LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE ON SUNDAY... ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TG
000 WWUS83 KFGF 152053 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 353 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... .HOT AND DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALSO BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND DURING AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-160200- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060716T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 353 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND SHIFTING WINDS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOT DRY AIR AND WINDS BECOMING NORTHERLY WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WHEN HUMIDITY WILL BE BELOW 25 PERCENT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S. THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR A FEW HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-160200- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060716T0200Z/ EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- 353 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND SHIFTING WINDS ACROSS A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HOT DRY AIR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WHEN HUMIDITY WILL BE BELOW 25 PERCENT WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 100. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND BY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TG
000 WWUS83 KFGF 160158 RFWFGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 858 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT... .SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO ABATE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN RESPONSE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-160300- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060716T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 858 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... DIMINISHING WINDS COUPLED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-160300- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060716T0200Z/ EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- 858 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... DIMINISHING WINDS COUPLED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ HOPKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:10 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 8 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006
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.