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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 26, 200610 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 26, 2006, 6:07 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 26, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. 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: Apr 26, 2006, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 26, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 26, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS83 KMPX 261107
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 AM CDT WED APR 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM
NOON UNTIL 6 PM FOR STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH BY MIDDAY
WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO AROUND 70 DEGREES...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL
FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO
AROUND 10 MPH BY 6 PM.


MNZ043>045-050>053-061>063-261915-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.060426T1700Z-060426T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.060426T1700Z-060426T2300Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
607 AM CDT WED APR 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARNING IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
LITTLE FALLS TO ST PAUL. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH BY MIDDAY AS
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO AROUND 70 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...MINIMUM
HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH BY 6 PM. 

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.

$$

RAH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS83 KMPX 261912
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
212 PM CDT WED APR 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM FOR A PORTION OF EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES. WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. CURRENT
HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL BEGIN TO RISE SLOWLY BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 10
MPH BY 6 PM.

MNZ043>045-050>053-061>063-262300-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060426T2300Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
212 PM CDT WED APR 26 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
FOR VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH WIND SPEEDS.

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS AND HUMIDITIES AT 20 TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH AND
HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB BY 6 PM.

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.

$$

MTF

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.