Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2012, 4:37 AM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2012, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 2576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859 WWUS83 KFGF 060937 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 437 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA STRONG WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO MAKE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SUSTAINED 20 TO 35 MPH...AND WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACHING 40MPH IN E ND AND 30 MPH IN THE MN PINES. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE NEAR 25 PERCENT. THE VEGETATION IS DRY ACROSS THE REGION...AND THERE ARE HAVE BEEN OCCURRENCES OF WILDFIRES THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE COMBINATION OF THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-061745- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0001.120406T1800Z-120407T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 437 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015... 016... 017...022...023...024...027...028...029...030...031... 032 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007... 008...014... 015...016...024...026...027...028...029...030... 038...039...049... 052...053 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...DEVELOPING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND ENDING NEAR SUNDOWN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 25 PERCENT...ISOLATED LOCALES DOWN TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON 60 TO 65. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. 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. && $$ JK
2 follow-up statements
642 WWUS83 KFGF 062024 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 324 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO EARLY EVENING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT INTO THE MANITOBA LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY SWINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH FALLING AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES. ONCE AGAIN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HUMIDITY LEVELS TO GET DOWN INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE VEGETATION REMAINS DRY ACROSS THE REGION AND THE COMBINATION OF THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-070430- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.A.0001.120407T1800Z-120408T0100Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- 324 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR POTENTIAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...029... 030 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 038...039... 049...052 AND 053. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND DEVELOPING AGAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 50S ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-NDZ006>008- 014>016-024-026>030-054-070100- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- 324 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015...016... 017... 022...023...024...027...028...031 AND 032. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008...014...015... 016...024...026... 027...028...029...030 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S TODAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. 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. && $$
425 WWUS83 KFGF 070055 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 755 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED DEWPOINTS TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 20 TO LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE...AND THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT INTO THE MANITOBA LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY...SWINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT...WITH FALLING AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HUMIDITY LEVELS TO GET DOWN INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE VEGETATION REMAINS DRY ACROSS THE REGION AND THE COMBINATION OF DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-070900- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.FW.A.0001.120407T1800Z-120408T0100Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- 755 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...029... 030 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 038...039... 049...052 AND 053. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND DEVELOPING AGAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 50S ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-NDZ006>008- 014>016-024-026>030-054-070200- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- 755 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED DEWPOINTS TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 20 TO LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE...AND THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 12 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.