Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 7, 2011, 4:50 AM CDT for 29 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 7, 2011, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 29 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 3207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
933 WWUS83 KMPX 070950 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 450 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM FRIDAY UNTIL 10 PM FRIDAY FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAINLY FOR STRONG WINDS... ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUE MAINLY TO STRONG WINDS... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH COULD MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD ALSO CAUSE POWER LINES TO START FIRES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL HOWEVER BE HIGHER THAN THURSDAY...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS FROM 35 TO 40 PERCENT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOMEWHAT HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE SEEN IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY IN THE 40 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 80. GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE VERY DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-071100- /O.CAN.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 450 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY BUT HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE 40 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE WILL LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER SOMEWHAT. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-071800- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.111007T1600Z-111008T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 450 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...35 TO 40 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS NEAR 80. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
799 WWUS83 KMPX 071728 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1228 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FOR MAINLY STRONG WINDS... ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAINLY DUE TO STRONG WINDS... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS REGION...AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD ALSO CAUSE POWER LINES TO START FIRES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL HOWEVER BE HIGHER THAN THURSDAY...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS FROM 35 TO 40 PERCENT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOMEWHAT HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE SEEN IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY IN THE 40 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 80. GRASSES...BRUSH AND CROPS ARE VERY DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. MNZ041>045-047>070-080200- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 1228 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * HIGH TEMPERATURES...AROUND 80. * 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) JLT
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.