Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 17, 2008, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)

In effect from

May 17, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT

Expired

May 17, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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 KMPX 171515
RFWMPX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINESOTA...

.INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS...COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR...WILL
CREATE A DANGEROUS WILDFIRE THREAT FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON. BY MID AFTERNOON...MUCH OF THE AREA
SHOULD SEE WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS...AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S ARE EXPECTED.  

DURING THE EVENING HOURS WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...BUT RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RISE AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL.

THESE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ARE AHEAD OF STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-172315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.080517T1800Z-080518T0000Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008

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

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

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS...COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR...WILL
CREATE A DANGEROUS WILDFIRE THREAT FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON. BY MID AFTERNOON...MUCH OF THE AREA
SHOULD SEE WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS...AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S ARE EXPECTED.

DURING THE EVENING HOURS WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...BUT RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RISE AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL.

THESE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES ARE AHEAD OF STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

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.

$$
TDK

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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.