Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2012, 2:47 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 8, 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 8, 2012, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 2838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
039 WWUS83 KFGF 080747 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 247 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ029>031-040-NDZ049-052-053-082115- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0002.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- 247 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 029...030... 031 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...052 AND 053. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...DEVELOPING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. * 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. && $$ MNZ003-024-027-028-032-NDZ038-039-082115- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WADENA-BARNES-CASS- 247 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...024... 027...028 AND 032. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 038 AND 039. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...DEVELOPING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ JAM
1 follow-up statement
490 WWUS83 KFGF 090052 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 752 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT... .COOLING TEMPERATURES ARE RESULTING IN HUMIDITIES RISING ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHILE CURRENT HUMIDITIES OF 25 PER CENT TO 3O PER CENT ARE STILL NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...THEY WILL QUICKLY RISE TO THE 30 PER CENT TO 40 PER CENT RANGE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS COUPLED WITH DIMINISHING WINDS HAVE DECREASED THE THREAT. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT. MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-090200- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120409T0100Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- 752 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN INCREASING HUMIDITIES... AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAS ENDED. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 17 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.