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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2012, 7:13 PM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 2, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 1, 2012, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 00:19 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, 0.2 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
- 2164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WWUS83 KFGF 020013 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 713 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY OVER ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .FUELS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE VERY DRY... LEADING TO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL OCCUR AGAIN ON TUESDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-020815- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121002T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0011.121002T1800Z-121003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0014.121002T1600Z-121003T0000Z/ 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- 713 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND STRONG WINDS ALL OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.. ...RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES 70 TO 75. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. 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. && $$ NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-020815- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0011.121002T1800Z-121003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0014.121002T1600Z-121003T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 713 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006... 007...008...014...015...016...024...026...027...028...029... 030... 038...039...049...052...053 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES 75 TO 80. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ DTR
3 follow-up statements
238 WWUS83 KFGF 021010 AAA RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 510 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY OVER ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .FUELS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE VERY DRY...LEADING TO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL OCCUR AGAIN TODAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-021815- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0014.121002T1600Z-121003T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 510 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...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...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES 75 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. 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. && $$ MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-021815- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0014.121002T1600Z-121003T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 510 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015... 016... 017...022...023...024...027...028...029...030...031... 032 AND 040. * WINDS...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES 70 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ROGERS
869 WWUS83 KFGF 022023 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 323 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .FUELS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE VERY DRY...LEADING TO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH HAS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REGION...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WHERE A RAGING WILDFIRE HEADING TOWARD KARLSTAD PROMPTED A CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ADVISING RESIDENTS TO PREPARE FOR IMMINENT EVACUATION. DECREASING WIND SPEEDS AND GRADUAL HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL EASE THE THREAT LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...OBVIATING THE NEED FOR FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-030000- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 323 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...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...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. 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. && $$ MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-030000- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 323 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015... 016... 017...022...023...024...027...028...029...030...031... 032 AND 040. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WJB
672 WWUS83 KFGF 030000 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 700 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...WINDS DYING DOWN THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO RECOVER. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-030100- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 700 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO RECOVER. $$ MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-030100- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 700 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO RECOVER. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 11:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 3 more | 7 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.