Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2010, 10:06 AM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2010, 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 10, 2010, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756 WWUS83 KMPX 101506 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1006 AM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO GUST TO AROUND 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA LINE. THIS RED FLAG WARNING UPGRADES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT. MNZ041>045-047>050-102315- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.100410T1700Z-100411T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.100410T1700Z-100411T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- 1006 AM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ...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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO GUST TO AROUND 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA 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. && $$ BAP
2 follow-up statements
781 WWUS83 KMPX 102217 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 517 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES INTO EARLY EVENING FOR PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS HAVE CREATED DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS DROPPED TO 7 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE ONLY VERY SLOWLY RISING. WEST WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO NEAR 20 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WITH THE EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...ANY WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA LINE. WHILE DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP FAIRLY QUICKLY LIKELY ENDING THE MOST SEVERE THREAT BY 7 PM. MNZ041>045-047>050-110000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100411T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- 517 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS HAVE CREATED DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS DROPPED TO 7 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE ONLY VERY SLOWLY RISING. WEST WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO NEAR 20 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WITH THE EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...ANY WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MORRIS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA LINE. WHILE DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP FAIRLY QUICKLY LIKELY ENDING THE MOST SEVERE THREAT BY 7 PM. && $$
017 WWUS83 KMPX 102350 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 650 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ...WIND SPEEDS SUBSIDING AND EASING THE FIRE DANGER THIS EVENING... .THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WERE GUSTING NEAR 20 MPH...ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND WILL DROP QUICKLY THROUGH MID-EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE IMMEDIATE FIRE WEATHER DANGER TO SUBSIDE. HOWEVER...DRY ATMOSPHERIC AND GROUND CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO EARLY THIS COMING WEEK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. DURING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...RELATIVE HUMIDITY FELL TO EXTREMELY DRY VALUES...PRIMARILY IN THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041>045-047>050-110100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100411T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON- 650 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WERE GUSTING NEAR 20 MPH...ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND WILL DROP QUICKLY THROUGH MID-EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE IMMEDIATE FIRE WEATHER DANGER TO SUBSIDE. HOWEVER...DRY ATMOSPHERIC AND GROUND CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO EARLY THIS COMING WEEK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 6:07 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 3 more | 4 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.