Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2007, 3:28 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 3, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- May 3, 2007, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KMPX 030828 RFWMPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND WARM TEMPERATURES... .DRY EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE GREAT LAKES REGION. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS FROM AROUND 20 MPH...AND GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT...TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WILDFIRE CONDITIONS...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO LITTLE FALLS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ041>043-047-048-031630- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0002.070503T1800Z-070504T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.070503T1800Z-070504T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- 328 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 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 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DRY EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE GREAT LAKES REGION. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS FROM AROUND 20 MPH...AND GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT...TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES... AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WILDFIRE CONDITIONS...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO LITTLE FALLS...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KMPX 031603 RFWMPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1103 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND WARM TEMPERATURES... .DRY EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE GREAT LAKES REGION. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT...TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES... AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WILDFIRE CONDITIONS...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO LITTLE FALLS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ041>043-047-048-040015- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.070503T1800Z-070504T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- 1103 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. DRY EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE GREAT LAKES REGION. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT...TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES... AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WILDFIRE CONDITIONS...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO LITTLE FALLS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KMPX 040143 RFWMPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 843 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...AND STRONG WINDS. .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA BUT HUMIDITIES ARE RISING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. MNZ041>043-047-048-040300- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070504T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE- 843 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXPECT HUMIDITIES TO RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING...BUT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE A WILDFIRE RISK WITH DRY FUELS IN PLACE. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. 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...WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
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.