Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2009, 2:53 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 15, 2009, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 4312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 150753 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 253 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RES FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-151600- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 253 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY 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 NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...47...48...54...55...56...57...64...65 ...73...74...82...91 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041-151600- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS- 253 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KMPX 150834 CCA RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 333 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-151700- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 333 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY 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 NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...47...48...54...55...56...57...64...65 ...73...74...82...91 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041-151700- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS- 333 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
000 WWUS83 KMPX 150852 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-151700- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 352 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73...74...82...91 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 151555 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1055 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.090415T1700Z-090416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 1055 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...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. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73...74...82...91 THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73... 74...82...91 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 151819 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 119 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 119 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...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. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73...74...82...91 THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73... 74...82...91 THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73... 74...82...91 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THAT WILL DROP TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 152032 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 332 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON TO 7 PM THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 PERCENT OR LESS. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT LINE UNTIL 7 PM. THE BAND OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WILL EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY. THE AIR WILL REMAIN VERY DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD BE A BIT HIGHER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THERE WILL BE A CONFLUENCE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY STAPLES AND MILLE LACS LAKE ON THE NORTH AND THEN RUNS SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER THROUGH AREAS SUCH AS LITCHFIELD...NEW ULM... ALBERT LEA AND MANKATO. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 332 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...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. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...41...47...48...54...55...56...57...64 ...65...73...74...82...91 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL MAINTAIN A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR AND FAIRMONT LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-058-059-066>069-075>077-083>085-092-093-160445- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0002.090416T1700Z-090417T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 332 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN MINNESOTA...42...43...49...50...51...58...59...66 ...67...68...69...75...76...77...83...84...85...92 ...93 A BAND OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WILL EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY. THE AIR WILL REMAIN VERY DRY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THERE WILL BE A CONFLUENCE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY STAPLES AND MILLE LACS LAKE ON THE NORTH AND THEN RUNS SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER THROUGH AREAS SUCH AS LITCHFIELD...NEW ULM... ALBERT LEA AND MANKATO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:32 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur and 13 more | 12 hr |
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.