Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Nov 13, 2007, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 13, 2007, 9:00 AM CST

Expired

Nov 13, 2007, 6:00 PM CST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WWUS83 KFGF 130957
RFWFGF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
357 AM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FOR LOW AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY...EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND HIGH WINDS...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SASKATCHEWAN WILL RACE EASTWARD INTO
ONTARIO THIS EVENING. VERY DRY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH
NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES...DRY FUELS...EXTREME RANGELAND
FIRE INDICES AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 45 MPH...CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM
OPEN FIRES. THE FIRE DANGER WILL DIMINISH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
RISE THIS EVENING.

NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-131800-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0003.071113T1500Z-071114T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-
NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
357 AM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING WILL TURN WEST AND
INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH
ANTICIPATED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE DEVILS LAKE
BASIN...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MINNESOTA. THE WINDS
WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON
MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE 18 TO 23 PERCENT RANGE TO MAKE FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST
THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE AND LAND MANAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP
ABREAST OF CURRENT AND FORECAST CONDITIONS.

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.

$$
EWENS

000 
WWUS83 KFGF 132141
RFWFGF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
341 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
FOR LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY...EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND HIGH WINDS...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL MANITOBA AND ONTARIO BORDER WILL
MOVE INTO ONTARIO THIS EVENING. DRY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA ALONG A COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION
OF NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES...DRY FUELS...EXTREME RANGELAND
FIRE INDICES AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 45 MPH...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL EXIST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR
ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM OPEN FIRES. THE FIRE DANGER WILL
DIMINISH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISE THIS EVENING.

NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-140000-
/O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071114T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-
NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
341 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

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

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

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ANTICIPATED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE
DEVILS LAKE BASIN...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MINNESOTA. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE 18 TO
23 PERCENT RANGE TO MAKE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST
THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE AND LAND MANAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP
ABREAST OF CURRENT AND FORECAST CONDITIONS.

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.

$$

HOPPES

000 
WWUS83 KFGF 132349
RFWFGF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
549 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 600 PM...

.DECREASING WIND SPEEDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL 
REMOVE THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE 
RED FLAG WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-140100-
/O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071114T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-
NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
549 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 


$$
WJB

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