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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 30, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 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
- Sep 30, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737 WWUS83 KFGF 302003 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 303 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING... .SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO THE WEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING. FOR THE MOST PART WINDS SHOULD STAY IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME HIGHER GUSTS AT TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. FIRE CREWS ARE RESPONDING TO SEVERAL FIRES ALREADY. FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WORKING OR RECREATING OUTDOORS PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD LEAD TO FIRE IGNITIONS...THIS INCLUDES EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027-028-010100- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0012.120930T2003Z-121001T0100Z/ 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- 303 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS...A WIND SWITCH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * 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 AND 028. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH SWITCHING TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...LOW 80S FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
124 WWUS83 KFGF 010049 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 749 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON... .FUELS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE VERY DRY...LEADING TO A CRITICAL SITUATION. RAPID FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT AND WINDS ABOVE 15 MPH UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. THIS APPEARS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH FORECASTED HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027-028-010900- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121001T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.A.0010.121001T1800Z-121002T0000Z/ 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- 749 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR VERY DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 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 AND 028. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. 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. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-010900- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.A.0010.121001T1800Z-121002T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 749 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR VERY DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 029...030... 031...032 AND 040. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. 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. && $$ TG
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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.