Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Sep 9, 2012, 12:05 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 10, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 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
- Sep 9, 2012, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 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
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
338 WWUS83 KMPX 091705 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1205 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY... .ON MONDAY... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS APPROACHING 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BETWEEN RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A COLD FRONT ADVANCING INTO THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 80S WILL ASSIST IN PRODUCING MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT AS THE WINDS INCREASE. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH WILLMAR AND MANKATO...DOWN TO ALBERT LEA. WHILE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE FIRE DANGER ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL HEAT UP TO BETWEEN 90 AND 95 DEGREES UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT AGAIN... AND RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT AND DECREASING WINDS COULD REDUCE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLIER ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082>084-091>093-100115- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0006.120910T1500Z-120911T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0007.120910T1500Z-120912T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1205 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND 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 10 AM MONDAY TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. 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 067 SIBLEY...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 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING ON MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...80 TO 90 ON MONDAY...90 TO 95 ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
156 WWUS83 KMPX 100059 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 759 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY... .ON MONDAY...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BETWEEN RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A COLD FRONT ADVANCING INTO THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 80S WILL ASSIST IN PRODUCING MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT AS THE WINDS INCREASE. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH WILLMAR AND MANKATO...DOWN TO ALBERT LEA. WHILE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE FIRE DANGER ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL HEAT UP TO BETWEEN 90 AND 95 DEGREES UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT AGAIN AND RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT AND DECREASING WINDS COULD REDUCE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLIER ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082>084-091>093-100900- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.120910T1500Z-120912T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 759 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND 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 067 SIBLEY...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 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE MORNING ON MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 80S MONDAY...INTO THE LOWER 90S ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$ BAP
735 WWUS83 KMPX 100849 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 349 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TUESDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS... GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH... WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RETREATS TO THE EAST AND A COLD FRONT ADVANCES INTO THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL WARM INTO THE 80S... WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...THROUGH WILLMAR AND MANKATO...TO ALBERT LEA. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE FIRE DANGER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES. HOWEVER... DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REACH NEAR 20 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN... RESULTING IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT AND DECREASING WINDS COULD REDUCE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082>084-091>093-101700- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.120910T1500Z-120912T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 349 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST AND 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 067 SIBLEY...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 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY FROM 80 TO 85. HIGHS TUESDAY 87 TO 93. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$ RAH
523 WWUS83 KMPX 101632 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1132 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TUESDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RETREATS TO THE EAST AND A COLD FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL WARM INTO THE 80S...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING NOW IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE REST OF THE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE FIRE DANGER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REACH NEAR 20 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN...RESULTING IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT AND DECREASING WINDS COULD REDUCE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-076>078-085-111000- /O.EXA.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE- 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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA 1132 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST 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 UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...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 068 CARVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY FROM 80 TO 85. HIGHS TUESDAY 88 TO 93. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082>084-091>093-111000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1132 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST AND 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 067 SIBLEY...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 091 MARTIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY FROM 83 TO 90. HIGHS TUESDAY 83 TO 94. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$ DWE/BORGHOFF
757 WWUS83 KMPX 110303 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1003 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY... .THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE FIRE DANGER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP NEAR 20 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN...RESULTING IN HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT AND DECREASING WINDS COULD REDUCE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-111115- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ 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- 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 1003 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...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...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$
394 WWUS83 KMPX 110828 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... .A WEDGE OF VERY WARM AND DRY AIR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MOVING OUT THE DAKOTAS WILL LIE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY QUICKLY DROPS. BY NOON PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAY ALREADY SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 25 PERCENT. DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIE AHEAD TODAY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE WINDS SOMEWHAT IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-111630- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ 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- 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 328 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$ BAP
572 WWUS83 KMPX 111531 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1031 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... .VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STRONG SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW DEWPOINTS TO YIELD RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE WINDS SOMEWHAT IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-112345- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ 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- 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 1031 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...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...SOUTH SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$
579 WWUS83 KMPX 112247 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 547 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... .VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STRONG SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW DEWPOINTS TO YIELD RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT... WITH LOCALIZED VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EARLY EVENING. THE COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-120200- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ 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- 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 547 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...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...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$
038 WWUS83 KMPX 120016 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 716 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... .VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STRONG SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW DEWPOINTS TO YIELD RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT... WITH LOCALIZED VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO EARLY EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>059-064-120130- /O.CAN.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS 716 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN...THE STRONG WIND HAS SUBSIDED...AND HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE 25 PERCENT. $$ MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-120200- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...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 716 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 HENNEPIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 ANOKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 RAMSEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 WASHINGTON...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...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD GROW QUICKLY AND BECOME FAST MOVING 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. && $$ JRB
427 WWUS83 KMPX 120144 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 844 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT... .TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...AND HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. MNZ060>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-120245- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 844 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED AFTER SUNSET...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE CLOUDY AND COOL AND NOT POSE A FIRE WEATHER RISK. $$ JRB
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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.