Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2011, 2:57 PM CDT for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 56 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
- Oct 3, 2011, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759 WWUS83 KABR 031957 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 257 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL OCCUR BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY COMPARED TO TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE BOTH DAYS...AND MAY EVEN FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT IN SOME AREAS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS. MNZ039-046-SDZ267>273-040900- /O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0002.111004T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE- UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 257 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 /157 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046...267...268...269...270...271...272 AND 273... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270...271...272 AND 273. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS IN THE 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ TMT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
10 follow-up statements
409 WWUS83 KABR 040839 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 339 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. AS A LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY COMPARED TO TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE BOTH DAYS...AND MAY EVEN FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT IN SOME AREAS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS. MNZ039-046-SDZ267>273-042100- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.111004T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE- UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 339 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /239 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046...267...268...269...270...271... 272 AND 273... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046 . IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270...271...272 AND 273 . * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS IN THE 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ SD HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
831 WWUS83 KABR 042023 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 323 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... .VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW DEW POINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT. MNZ039-046-SDZ267>273-051000- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE- UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 323 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /223 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039... 046...267...268...269...270...271... 272 AND 273... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270...271...272 AND 273. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ PARKIN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
015 WWUS83 KABR 050803 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 303 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY.. .VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW DEW POINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 30 PERCENT. MNZ039-046-SDZ267>273-052015- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE- UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 303 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /203 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039... 046...267...268...269...270...271... 272 AND 273... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270...271...272 AND 273. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
597 WWUS83 KABR 051534 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1034 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...VERY WARM AND VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY... .VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...AND COMBINED WITH LOW DEW POINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 30 PERCENT. THIS SET UP IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY AS WELL...WHILE CONDITIONS BECOME A BIT MORE MARGINAL FOR REACHING WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES ON THURSDAY. FOR NOW...THE RED FLAG WARNING OVER BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY. SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES MAY END UP IN A RED FLAG WARNING HEADLINE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AS WELL. MNZ039-046-060345- /O.EXT.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- 1034 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN STRONGER SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND 25 TO 30 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ SDZ267>273-060000- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU- MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 1034 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /934 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270...271...272 AND 273... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269... 270...271...272 AND 273 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
286 WWUS83 KABR 052008 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 308 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...VERY WARM AND VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERY WARM...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. AFTER WINDS DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED LOW DEW POINTS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS BECOME A BIT MORE MARGINAL FOR REACHING WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES ON THURSDAY. FOR NOW...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 272 AND 273 ALONG WITH MINNESOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039 AND 046. SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES FURTHER WEST INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA MAY NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY. STAY TUNED. SDZ272-273-060815- /O.EXT.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 308 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT...MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ MNZ039-046-060815- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- 308 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN STRONGER SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND 25 TO 35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SDZ267>271-060000- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU- MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- 308 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /208 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269... 270 AND 271 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
689 WWUS83 KABR 060008 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY. AFTER WINDS DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED LOW DEW POINTS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. CONDITIONS BECOME A BIT MORE MARGINAL FOR REACHING WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ZONES ON THURSDAY. SDZ267>271-060115- /O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU- MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- 708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /608 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-061215- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...THEN STRONGER SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 30 TO 40 PERCENT OVERNIGHT...AND 25 TO 35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ PARKIN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
375
WWUS83 KABR 060030
RFWABR
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
730 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011
...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
.A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WINDY AND DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY. AFTER
WINDS DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY. COMBINED
WITH CONTINUED LOW DEW POINTS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
DRY FUELS...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. CONDITIONS BECOME
A BIT MORE MARGINAL FOR REACHING WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ZONES ON THURSDAY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-061230-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY-
730 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MINNESOTA FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046
AND SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046
IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273
* WIND: SOUTH WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...THEN STRONGER
SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ON THURSDAY.
* HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 30 TO 40 PERCENT OVERNIGHT...AND 25 TO
35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
&&
$$
PARKIN
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN036 WWUS83 KABR 060923 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 423 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS AREA TODAY AND FRIDAY... .WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN IN THE WEST. TODAY...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH IN THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT TO CREATE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN THE EAST...WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY SLOWER...BUT WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ON FRIDAY...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE PRESENT IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES OF 267...268...269...270 AND 271. HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FIRE CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. SDZ267>271-062130- /O.NEW.KABR.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU- MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- 423 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /323 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267... 268...269...270 AND 271... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269... 270 AND 271 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TODAY. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-062130- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 423 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046... 272 AND 273... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046 . IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273 . * WIND: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TODAY. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
650 WWUS83 KABR 062016 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 316 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY... .STRONG WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE DANGER ON FRIDAY. SDZ267>271-070830- /O.UPG.KABR.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0003.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU- MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- 316 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /216 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269... 270 AND 271 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING SHOULD DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT...BUT THEN INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-070830- /O.NEW.KABR.FW.A.0002.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 316 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046... 272 AND 273... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046...272 AND 273... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046 . IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273 . * WIND: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING SHOULD DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT...BUT THEN MAY INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TDK HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
230 WWUS83 KABR 070107 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 807 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY... .STRONG WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE DANGER ON FRIDAY. SDZ267>271-071315- /O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0003.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/ LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU- MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER- 807 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /707 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS NOW EXPIRED. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 267...268...269... 270 AND 271 * WIND: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-071315- /O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABR.FW.A.0002.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 807 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046...272 AND 273... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE ZONES 039...046...272 AND 273... * AFFECTED AREA: IN MINNESOTA...FIRE ZONES 039 AND 046. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE ZONES 272 AND 273. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY: READINGS OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ PARKIN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.