Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2010, 3:27 AM CDT for Douglas County, Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 28, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 28, 2010, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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 162 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
- 3370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335 WWUS83 KMPX 280827 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...INCREASING WINDS TODAY AND CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITY ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...AND WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM. RED FLAG WARNINGS WILL ALSO BE POSTED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY WITH CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITY. BY NOON WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND ALEXANDRIA...WITH THESE WINDS REACHING THE LITTLE FALLS AREA AROUND 3 PM. GRASSES...BRUSH AND OTHER FUELS REMAIN DRY IN THESE AREAS WITH GREEN-UP LESS ADVANCED THAN AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041>043-281630- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0003.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0006.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- 327 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY 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 NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY WITH CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITY. BY NOON WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND ALEXANDRIA...WITH THESE WINDS REACHING THE LITTLE FALLS AREA AROUND 3 PM. GRASSES...BRUSH AND OTHER FUELS REMAIN DRY IN THESE AREAS WITH GREEN-UP LESS ADVANCED THAN AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
688 WWUS83 KMPX 282029 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH HUMIDITY SLOW TO RECOVER... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RED FLAG WARNINGS ALSO ARE POSTED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT HUMIDITY WILL RISE ABOVE 35% AROUND SUNSET. GRASSES...BRUSH AND OTHER FUELS REMAIN DRY IN THESE AREAS WITH GREEN-UP LESS ADVANCED THAN AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041>043-290100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100429T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- 329 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT HUMIDITY WILL RISE ABOVE 35% AROUND SUNSET. GRASSES...BRUSH AND OTHER FUELS REMAIN DRY IN THESE AREAS WITH GREEN-UP LESS ADVANCED THAN AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood and 4 more | 11 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.