Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2010, 4:16 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 16, 2010, 1:00 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 16, 2010, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 2076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
995 WWUS83 KMPX 160916 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 416 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON....WITH SOME SITES POSSIBLY DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN APPLETON...TO BUFFALO...TO LINDSTROM LINE. MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-161730- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0004.100416T1800Z-100417T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA- 416 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON....WITH SOME SITES POSSIBLY DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN APPLETON...TO BUFFALO...TO LINDSTROM 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. && $$ MDB
2 follow-up statements
420 WWUS83 KMPX 162028 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY WISCONSIN... .EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON....WITH SOME SITES DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN APPLETON...TO BUFFALO...TO LINDSTROM LINE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DRY INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL GENERATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR THIS AREA. MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-170100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100417T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA- 328 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON....WITH SOME SITES DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST AND GUSTY TO AROUND 30 MPH. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN APPLETON...TO BUFFALO...TO LINDSTROM 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. && $$ WIZ028-170430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0002.100417T1600Z-100418T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- 328 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COUNTY. 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. && $$
899 WWUS83 KMPX 162053 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR EAU CLAIRE AND POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN... .EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON....WITH SOME SITES DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN APPLETON...TO BUFFALO... TO LINDSTROM LINE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAU CLAIRE AND ALSO POLK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DRY INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL GENERATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR THIS AREA. MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-170100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100417T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- ANOKA- 353 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON....WITH SOME SITES DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST AND GUSTY TO AROUND 30 MPH. WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS... WILDFIRES COULD GROW VERY QUICKLY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN APPLETON...TO BUFFALO...TO LINDSTROM 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. && $$ WIZ014-170500- /O.EXA.KMPX.FW.A.0002.100417T1600Z-100418T0000Z/ POLK- 353 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COUNTY. 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. && $$ WIZ028-170500- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0002.100417T1600Z-100418T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- 353 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010
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.