Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2012, 4:26 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 3, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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 3, 2012, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527 WWUS83 KMPX 030926 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 426 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A BENSON...TO WILLMAR...TO FAIRMONT LINE. BY THE AFTERNOON...HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS...WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-031730- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0011.121003T1800Z-121004T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 426 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF A BENSON...TO WILLMAR...TO FAIRMONT LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
269 WWUS83 KMPX 031722 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1222 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A BENSON...TO WILLMAR...TO FAIRMONT LINE. BY THE AFTERNOON...HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS...WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0011.121003T1800Z-121004T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1222 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 KANDIYOHI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YELLOW MEDICINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 REDWOOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 WATONWAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. 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. && $$
516 WWUS83 KMPX 032355 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 655 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT WITH NIGHTFALL. THEREFORE...THE FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-040100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121004T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 655 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT WITH NIGHTFALL. THEREFORE...THE FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.