Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2012, 3:38 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 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
- Apr 7, 2012, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:36 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, 8.6 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
- 2926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WWUS83 KMPX 070838 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A COLD FRONT WILL NEAR THE WESTERN BORDER OF MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK AND THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE MORNING. BY EARLY AFTERNOON IT WILL REACH THE TWIN CITIES AND BY EVENING WILL BE IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR AS THE FRONT PASSES...AND WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE WEST. BY NOON EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH IN THE WARNING AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-071645- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0002.120407T1900Z-120408T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.120407T1900Z-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 338 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL 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 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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...BY NOON WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT OR LOWER THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY 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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BAP
3 follow-up statements
861 WWUS83 KMPX 071638 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1138 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL EXIT INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR AS THE FRONT PASSES...AND WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE WEST. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN THE WARNING AREA. DURING THE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-080045- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.120407T1900Z-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 1138 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO 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...BY NOON WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT OR LOWER THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY 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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
011 WWUS83 KMPX 072014 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 314 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... SOUTH CENTRAL... AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45MPH IN THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 PERCENT OR LOWER THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO FAIRMONT. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AS A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG... BUT ARE STILL EXPECTED TO GUST ABOVE 20 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLANNING AREA... WITH SOME VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE PLANNING AREA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-081100- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-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 314 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY 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...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH 7 PM CDT TODAY. SUNDAY... WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH BY NOON... WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT OR LOWER THIS AFTERNOON. SUNDAY... AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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 DRY FUELS 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-081100- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 314 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL... EAST CENTRAL... AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 BARRON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 RUSK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 ST. CROIX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 PEPIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 EAU CLAIRE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MILLE LACS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 STEARNS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 BENTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 SHERBURNE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 ISANTI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 053 CHISAGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 MEEKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 WRIGHT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 HENNEPIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 ANOKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 RAMSEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 MCLEOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 SIBLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 CARVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS COULD CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON... 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. && $$
578 WWUS83 KMPX 080103 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 803 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED TO GUST ABOVE 20 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLANNING AREA...WITH SOME VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT EXPECTED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE PLANNING AREA. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-080930- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120408T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ 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 803 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO 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...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-080930- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 803 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 BARRON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 RUSK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 ST. CROIX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 PEPIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 EAU CLAIRE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MILLE LACS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 STEARNS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 BENTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 SHERBURNE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 ISANTI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 053 CHISAGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 MEEKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 WRIGHT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 HENNEPIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 ANOKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 RAMSEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 MCLEOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 SIBLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 CARVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS COULD CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY 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 7, 8:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.