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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2012, 1:08 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2012, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Nary, MN | BELTRAMI COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTS SMALL TREES DOWN AT RESIDENCE NEAR HIGHWAY TWO AND HUBBARD COUNTY ROAD 45...NEAR GRACE LAKE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WWUS83 KFGF 181808 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 108 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST FROM 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO BETWEEN 13 AND 18 PERCENT. WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ003-024-027>032-040-190200- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0007.120518T1808Z-120519T0200Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 108 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 13 TO 18 PERCENT...WINDS AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...024...027...028...029...030...031...032 AND 040... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY DRY FUELS FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...024... 027...028...029...030...031...032 AND 040. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 1 PM THROUGH 9 PM THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING TO THE MID 90S. * 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. && $$ EWENS
1 follow-up statement
104 WWUS83 KFGF 190146 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 846 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING THIS EVENING... .WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY RECOVERING. THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM. MNZ003-024-027>032-040-190300- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120519T0200Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- 846 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY INCREASING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM. $$ DK
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.