Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Nov 4, 2011, 3:53 AM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 4, 2011, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 23 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610 WWUS83 KMPX 040853 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .MINNESOTA WILL FIND ITSELF IN BETWEEN A STRONG STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE ROCKIES AND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS... ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA. THE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN DURING THE LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 28 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT. FURTHERMORE...MANY LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA HAVE ONLY RECEIVED AN INCH OR LESS OF RAINFALL SINCE SEPTEMBER...WHICH HAS PRODUCED VERY DRY FINE FUELS. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 50S...WHICH MAY TEMPER FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...THE STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS ARE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE COOL TEMPERATURES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-041000- /O.CAN.KMPX.FW.A.0002.111104T1700Z-111104T2300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 353 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 OR 20 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE... BUT THAT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS TO ALBERT LEA. $$ MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-041700- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0002.111104T1700Z-111104T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.111104T1700Z-111104T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 353 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS TO ALBERT LEA. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 28 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST HUMIDITIES FROM 12 TO 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MPX (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 63 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.