Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2012, 4:37 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 6, 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 6, 2012, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530 WWUS83 KMPX 060937 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 437 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE AREA WILL BE WEDGED BETWEEN VERY DRY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS WILL BE STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY. EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING...BUT HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-061745- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.120406T1800Z-120407T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 437 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTARL MINNESOTA...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
116 WWUS83 KMPX 061713 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1213 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE AREA WAS WEDGED BETWEEN VERY DRY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE BULK OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING...BUT HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. T FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-070100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.120406T1800Z-120407T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1213 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. 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. && $$
321 WWUS83 KMPX 062024 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 324 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THE AREA WAS WEDGED BETWEEN VERY DRY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE BULK OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING...BUT HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DRIER AIR REENTERING THE AREA ON STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...MAINLY AFTER 2 PM. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-070430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0002.120407T1900Z-120408T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 324 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. EXPECTED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
028 WWUS83 KMPX 070118 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 818 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DRIER AIR ENTERING THE AREA ON STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE...MAINLY AFTER 2 PM. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-070930- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0002.120407T1900Z-120408T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 818 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 12 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.