Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2012, 4:27 AM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 13, 2012, 12:00 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
- May 13, 2012, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Beltrami 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, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 3569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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.
455 WWUS83 KFGF 130927 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 427 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022>024-028-032-131730- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0003.120513T1700Z-120514T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0005.120513T1700Z-120514T0000Z/ 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- EAST BECKER-WADENA- 427 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015...016... 017... 022...023...024...028 AND 032. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 70S. * 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. && $$ HOPPES
1 follow-up statement
792 WWUS83 KFGF 140004 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 704 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED FOR TODAY ACROSS NW MN AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. HOWEVER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. ONCE AGAIN STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NW MN...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HWY 2 CORRIDOR.. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-140815- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120514T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.A.0004.120514T1700Z-120515T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- 704 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...004... 005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015...016 AND 017. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...NEAR 80. * 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. && $$ MNZ002-022>024-028-032-140115- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120514T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- 704 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED FOR TODAY ACROSS NW MN AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. $$ JK
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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.