Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Apr 29, 2007, 5:23 AM CDT (10:23 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 29, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 29, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS83 KMPX 291023
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
523 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM THIS
EVENING FOR VERY DRY CONDITIONS...STRONGER NORTHERLY WINDS...AND 
WARM TEMPERATURES...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ACROSS CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THIS
WILL COME A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...AND THEN A SHARP TURN TO NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND
SPEEDS WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH
SUSTAINED LOW LEVEL WIND SPEEDS AT TIMES APPROACHING 20 MPH DURING
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERIC
SETUP. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WILL CLIMB
INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS INTO
THE 22 TO 28 PERCENT RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT DRY FUELS
AND THE DRY AND WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE SEVERE
WILDFIRE CONDITIONS.

MNZ068>070-291130-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FW.A.0001.070429T1800Z-070430T0000Z/
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
523 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 

THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH SIDES OF THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA. HOWEVER...DRY AND
OCCASIONALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WITH THE DRY FUELS...THIS WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

$$

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-291830-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.070429T1800Z-070430T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.070429T1700Z-070430T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
523 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ACROSS CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH THIS
WILL COME A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...AND THEN A SHARP TURN TO NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND
SPEEDS WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH
SUSTAINED LOW LEVEL WIND SPEEDS AT TIMES APPROACHING 20 MPH DURING
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERIC
SETUP. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WILL CLIMB
INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS INTO
THE 22 TO 28 PERCENT RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT DRY FUELS
AND THE DRY AND WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE SEVERE
WILDFIRE 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.

$$

000 
WWUS83 KMPX 291746
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1246 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR
VERY DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS...AND WARM
TEMPERATURES...

.A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM HAYWARD WISCONSIN TO NEW ULM MINNESOTA 
AT NOON. BY 7 PM...IT WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN TO
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EXPECT NORTH OR NORTHWEST
WINDS CLOSE TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN
THE MIDDLE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM
20 TO 28 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT DRY FUELS AND THE
DRY AND WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE SEVERE WILDFIRE
CONDITIONS.

MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-WIZ014>016-023>028-300000-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070430T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1246 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

.A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM HAYWARD WISCONSIN TO NEW ULM MINNESOTA 
AT NOON. BY 7 PM...IT WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN TO
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EXPECT NORTH OR NORTHWEST
WINDS CLOSE TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN
THE MIDDLE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM
20 TO 28 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT DRY FUELS AND THE
DRY AND WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE SEVERE WILDFIRE
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.

$$
RJN

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