Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2012, 4:23 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 8, 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 8, 2012, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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 17 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
- 2045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WWUS83 KMPX 080923 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 423 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE REGION...DRY FUELS AND INCREASING WINDS BY EARLY AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS THREAT OF WILDFIRES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DROPPING INTO THE TEENS. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY. RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE POSTED FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 081730- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0003.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0004.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... 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 423 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MILLE LACS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 KANDIYOHI...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 064 YELLOW MEDICINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 RENVILLE...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 073 REDWOOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 WATONWAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...WEST INCREASING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 TO 24 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS 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. && $$ BAP
3 follow-up statements
831 WWUS83 KMPX 081620 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1120 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE REGION...DRY FUELS AND INCREASING WINDS BY EARLY AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS THREAT OF WILDFIRES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DROPPING INTO THE TEENS. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY. RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE POSTED FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 090100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0004.120408T1800Z-120409T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... 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 1120 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 041 DOUGLAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MILLE LACS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 KANDIYOHI... 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 064 YELLOW MEDICINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 RENVILLE...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 073 REDWOOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 WATONWAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS... WEST INCREASING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 TO 24 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MILLE LACS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 KANDIYOHI...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 064 YELLOW MEDICINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 RENVILLE...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 073 REDWOOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 WATONWAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...WEST INCREASING BY EARLY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 TO 24 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS 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. && $$
934 WWUS83 KMPX 082035 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 335 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING... WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON MONDAY... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE REGION... DRY FUELS AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS THREAT OF WILDFIRES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT ARE OCCURRING... WITH SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA POSSIBLY DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY EVENING. RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE POSTED THROUGH 8 PM ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MINNESOTA. IN ANTICIPATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO OWATONNA. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-091100- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0004.120409T1800Z-120410T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120409T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 335 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YELLOW MEDICINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 REDWOOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 WATONWAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO GROW QUICKLY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 090100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120409T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 335 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND 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 041 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MILLE LACS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...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 055 SWIFT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 KANDIYOHI...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 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 TO 23 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO EARLY THIS 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. && $$
438 WWUS83 KMPX 090055 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 755 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON MONDAY... .LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MINNESOTA. IN ANTICIPATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT AND NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO OWATONNA. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-091000- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120409T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0004.120409T1800Z-120410T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 755 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 CHIPPEWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YELLOW MEDICINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 REDWOOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 BROWN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 NICOLLET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 WATONWAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 BLUE EARTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH DEVELOPING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 090200- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120409T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 755 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE RISEN SINCE 5 PM. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:21 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:35 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.