Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2011, 2:22 PM CDT for 40 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 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, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 40 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 2530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700 WWUS83 KMPX 031922 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 222 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON ON TUESDAY UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARNING IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH HUMIDITY VALUES LOWERING TO 20 PERCENT OR LESS. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-040330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.111004T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 222 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BELOW 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
11 follow-up statements
795 WWUS83 KMPX 040621 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 121 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARNING IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH HUMIDITY VALUES LOWERING TO 20 PERCENT OR LESS. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-041430- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.111004T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 121 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR OR BELOW 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
592 WWUS83 KMPX 041334 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 834 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARNING REMAINS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP QUICKLY AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY...AND WILL OCCUR ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS TO 20 PERCENT OR LESS. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-042145- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.111004T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 834 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 PERCENT OR LESS. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE) BAP
893 WWUS83 KMPX 041932 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 232 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN REDEVELOPING AGAIN BY NOON WEDNESDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARNING REMAINS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA UNTIL AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING...BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY SHOWS SOME RECOVERY. BY NOON WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AS HUMIDITY ONCE AGAIN DROPS TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LATER SHIFTS MAY EXPAND THE RED FLAG WARNING A BIT EAST FOR WEDNESDAY. ALSO...THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT MAY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO BE MET ACROSS MUCH THE AREA AGAIN THURSDAY. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-050345- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 232 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING. WINDS INCREASING AGAIN BY NOON WEDNESDAY TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...18 TO 25 PERCENT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING BEFORE SHOWING SOME RECOVERY. HUMIDITY AGAIN DROPPING BY NOON WEDNESDAY TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE) BAP
736 WWUS83 KMPX 050102 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 802 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARNING REMAINS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RESUME AGAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH 700 PM TOMORROW EVENING ...BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY SHOWS SOME RECOVERY. BY NOON WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AS HUMIDITY ONCE AGAIN DROPS TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LATER SHIFTS MAY EXPAND THE RED FLAG WARNING A BIT EAST OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR WEDNESDAY. ALSO...THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT MAY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO BE MET ACROSS MUCH OF WARNED AREA AGAIN THURSDAY. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-051000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 802 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AGAIN BY NOON WEDNESDAY TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...18 TO 25 PERCENT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING BEFORE SHOWING SOME RECOVERY. HUMIDITY AGAIN DROPPING BY NOON WEDNESDAY TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
723 WWUS83 KMPX 050848 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY ALONG WITH A STRONG SOUTH WIND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY... .THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED IN AREA TO INCLUDE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME THROUGH THURSDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES SUCH AREAS AS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND CARLOS AVERY AND SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RESUME ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY SHOWS SLIGHT RECOVERY. BY NOON THURSDAY SOUTH WINDS WILL RE-INCREASE EVEN FURTHER TO AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HUMIDITY ONCE AGAIN FORECAST TO FALL TO NEAR 25 PERCENT. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ042>045-049>052-058>062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-051700- /O.EXB.KMPX.FW.W.0001.111005T1700Z-111007T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 348 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING...MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. * WINDS...SOUTH SOUTHEAST 15 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-051700- /O.EXT.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 348 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH TODAY AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
420 WWUS83 KMPX 051630 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1130 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...CONTINUED STRONG WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY THROUGH THURSDAY... ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...BUT WITH A SLOW RISE IN HUMIDITY... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES SUCH AREAS AS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND CARLOS AVERY AND SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS HUMIDITY DROPS BELOW 25 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL REACH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REACH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN BY NOON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH HUMIDITY AGAIN FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. FRIDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE CONTINUED INTO FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WHICH COULD BRING A FEW SHOWERS. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-060030- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1130 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30. WINDS MAY BE STRONGER ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 25 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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>045-049>052-058>062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-060030- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.111005T1700Z-111007T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1130 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING...MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONGER WINDS THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 25 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE) BAP
748 WWUS83 KMPX 060008 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...STRONG WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...BUT WITH A SLOW RISE IN HUMIDITY... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY. THE WARNING INCLUDES SUCH AREAS AS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND CARLOS AVERY AND SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RESUME AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REACH SPEED OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRIDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE CONTINUED INTO FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WHICH COULD BRING A FEW SHOWERS. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-060815- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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>045-049>052-058>062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-060815- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING...MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
887 WWUS83 KMPX 060815 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WITH STRONGER WINDS TODAY... ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BUT WITH A SLOW RISE IN HUMIDITY BEGINNING TONIGHT... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE WARNING INCLUDES SUCH AREAS AS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND CARLOS AVERY AND SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RESUME AGAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FRIDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...BUT THE FORECAST IS FOR INCREASING MOISTURE...EVEN WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. STILL...IT REMAINS POSSIBLE THAT RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO OR RE-ISSUED FOR FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WHICH COULD BRING A FEW MORE SHOWERS. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON SATURDAY AND BECOME WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-061615- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 315 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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>045-049>052-058>062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-061615- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 315 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING...MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
422 WWUS83 KMPX 061509 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1009 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WITH STRONGER WINDS TODAY... ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BUT WITH A SLOW RISE IN HUMIDITY BEGINNING TONIGHT... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE WARNING INCLUDES SUCH AREAS AS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND CARLOS AVERY AND SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA... MANKATO...MORA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ALREADY BEING REPORTED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RESUME AGAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH. FRIDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...BUT THE FORECAST IS FOR INCREASING HUMIDITY...EVEN WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. STILL... IT REMAINS POSSIBLE THAT RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO OR RE-ISSUED FOR FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WHICH COULD BRING A FEW MORE SHOWERS. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON SATURDAY AND BECOME WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-062315- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1009 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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>045-049>052-058>062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-062315- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1009 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING...MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE) BAP
139 WWUS83 KMPX 061924 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 224 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM FRIDAY UNTIL 10 PM FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS... ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON FRIDAY DUE MAINLY TO STRONG WINDS... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE WARNING INCLUDES SUCH AREAS AS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND CARLOS AVERY AND SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA... MANKATO...MORA...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR...AND MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH UNTIL AROUND SUNSET IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME LESS GUSTY...BUT SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY RECOVER TO THE 50 TO 60% RANGE IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN THE EAST. WIND GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD ALSO CAUSE POWER LINES TO START FIRES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL HOWEVER BE HIGHER THAN TODAY WITH AFTERNOON READINGS FROM 30 TO 40%. SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS MAY ALSO PUSH INTO MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY. IF RAIN DOES NOT MATERIALIZE...IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. THIS UPGRADE WOULD BE DONE ON THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT. GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-070330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 224 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH 10 PM FRIDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...MAINLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE EVENINGS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AND 30 TO 40 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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 MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>052-058>062-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-070330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 224 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH 10 PM FRIDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * TIMING...MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AND 30 TO 40 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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 MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MNZ053-063-070330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ CHISAGO-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...STILLWATER 224 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS,,.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH 10 PM FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE) BAP
878 WWUS83 KMPX 070010 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 710 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM FRIDAY UNTIL 10 PM FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS... ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON FRIDAY DUE MAINLY TO STRONG WINDS... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN THE EAST. WIND GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD ALSO CAUSE POWER LINES TO START FIRES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL HOWEVER BE HIGHER THAN TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS FROM 30 TO 40%. SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS MAY ALSO PUSH INTO MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY. IF RAIN DOES NOT MATERIALIZE...IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE VERY DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-070815- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 710 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRALMINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MNZ053-063-070815- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ CHISAGO-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...STILLWATER 710 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.