Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 14, 2012, 4:04 AM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 14, 2012, 12:00 PM 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
- May 14, 2012, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
045 WWUS83 KFGF 140904 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 404 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REACHED. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-141800- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0004.120514T1700Z-120515T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0006.120514T1700Z-120515T0100Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- 404 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 SOME GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * 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. && $$ JAM
2 follow-up statements
291 WWUS83 KFGF 142124 AAA RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 424 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WEST WINDS ARE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-150100- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120515T0100Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- 424 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...004... 005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015...016 AND 017. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS RESTRICTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HOPKINS
446 WWUS83 KFGF 150057 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 757 PM CDT MON MAY 14 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 20 TO 25 PERCENT 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 OR TWO. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-150200- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120515T0100Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- 757 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... COOLING TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING HUMIDITIES. THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAS ENDED. $$ HOPKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 9 hr |
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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.