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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 20069 counties in Wisconsin; 12 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Jul 15, 2006, 4:31 AM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 15, 2006, 11:16 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 15, 2006, 11:16 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 15, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 21 counties

Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 3371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 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 150931
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
431 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 1 PM
UNTIL 7 PM FOR HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND
STRONG WIND...

.HOT TEMPERATURES THAT WERE OVER THE DAKOTAS YESTERDAY WILL SURGE
INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL ALSO LOWER THE HUMIDITY.
TEMPERATURES WILL EASILY REACH AROUND 100 DEGREES BY MID
AFTERNOON. A FEW SPOTS MAY EVEN BE OVER 100 DEGREES. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS...AND
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 21 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE.

MNZ041-042-047-048-151745-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.060715T1800Z-060716T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
431 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS RED FLAG WARNING AFFECTS AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES...TO GLENWOOD AND MORRIS. 

HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL SURGE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON ON A STIFF SOUTHWEST WIND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
REACH 100 TO 102 DEGREES WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE 21 TO 25
PERCENT RANGE. THE SOUTHWEST WIND WILL DIMINISH INTO THE 15 MPH
RANGE 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.

$$
JPR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS83 KMPX 151616
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1116 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FROM 1 PM UNTIL 9 PM FOR HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH
LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND...

.THE RED FLAG WARNING IS BEING EXPANDED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM
TO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL
DRIVE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWNWARD. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
ALSO BECOME GUSTY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE.
HUMIDITY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA SHOULD DROP TO 25 TO 30% WITH
SOME AREAS DIPPING BELOW 25% FOR A TIME MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

MNZ043>045-049>053-WIZ014>016-023>028-160030-
/O.EXB.KMPX.FW.W.0003.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
1116 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.

THIS RED FLAG WARNING AFFECTS AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND
ST. CLOUD TO FOREST LAKE. IT ALSO INCLUDES WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
FROM THE ST. CROIX RIVER THEN EAST TO THE LADYSMITH AND AUGUSTA
AREAS. 

HOT AND DRY WEATHER IS SURGING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH
WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 95 TO 100
DEGREE RANGE. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

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.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-160030-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FW.W.0003.060715T1800Z-060716T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-
1116 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

THIS RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL
RISE INTO THE 100 DEGREE RANGE WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING INTO THE MID
20% RANGE. 

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.

$$

000 
WWUS83 KMPX 152130
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM FOR HOT TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND...

.THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING FROM WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA ACROSS TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN NEARLY STEADY BETWEEN 96 AND 102...AND HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP SOMEWHAT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO
REMAIN GUSTY...AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. THE
HUMIDITY WILL BE LOWEST FROM EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH 20 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS MOST AREAS. THE
HUMIDITY IN CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL DIP INTO THE
30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE.

MNZ041>045-047>053-WIZ014>016-023>028-160200-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060716T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
430 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.

TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY
BETWEEN 96 AND 102...AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SOMEWHAT.
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY. THE
HUMIDITY WILL BE LOWEST FROM EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH 20 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS MOST AREAS. THE
HUMIDITY IN CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL DIP INTO THE
30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WERE OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
TDK

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2006 Red Flag Warnings in Wisconsin, 2006 Every 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.