Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 14, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 34 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:55 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | 2 Ssw Langdon, ND | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 48 MPH OCCURRED FROM 155 PM THROUGH 415 PM CDT. PEAK WINDS REACHED 58 MPH. |
| May 14, 2:55 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Cavalier, ND | SUSTAINED WINDS OF FROM 35 TO 40 MPH OCCURRED UNTIL 5 PM CDT... WITH A PEAK WIND OF 52 MPH RECORDED AT 255 PM CDT. |
| May 14, 3:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 15 Nw Rocklake, ND | PEAK WINDS TO 59 MPH ACCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN TOWNER COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF ROLLA THROUGH ROCKLAKE. PEAK WINDS TO 51 KTS WERE MEASURED AT THE ROLLA AIRPORT AROUND 338 PM CDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WWUS83 KFGF 140959 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 459 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND INTO NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...MOSTLY UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH. BUT THE RAINFALL WILL PLAY HAVOC WITH HUMIDITY VALUES AS THEY MAY VARY GREATLY OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER...BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY AND SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT ALLOWING SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK OUT IN THE LOWER 70S IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN TO THE MID 80S IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DRY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO THE AREA WITH AFTERNOON WIND SPEEDS IN THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE WINDS WILL HELP DRY OUT WHATEVER RAINFALL OCCURS THIS MORNING. WHILE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THAN ON MONDAY...THEY STILL WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE REGION AND WITH DRY FUELS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN CRITICAL. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GREATLY TOWARD SUNSET AND OVERNIGHT AS HUMIDITY VALUES RECOVER INTO THE 75 TO 95 PERCENT RANGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WINDS DIMINISH. MNZ001>004-007-008-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-141800- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0002.130514T1700Z-130515T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 459 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...007...008...013...014...015...016...017...022... 023... 024...027...028...029...030...031...032 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008...014... 015...016... 024...026...027...028...029...030...038...039... 049...052... 053 AND 054. * WINDS...IN NORTH DAKOTA...AFTERNOON WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN MINNESOTA...AFTERNOON WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...75 TO 85. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR SHOULD FIRE INITIATE. 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 CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MNZ005-141800- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0002.130514T1700Z-130515T0200Z/ ROSEAU- 459 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR SHOULD FIRE INITIATE. DESPITE SOME MORNING RAINFALL STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A TROUGH WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ROSEAU AREA JUST PRIOR TO NOON. THIS AFTERNOON WILL SEE SUNSHINE AND DRYING WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. WITH DRY FUELS AND THE WEST WINDS...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN CRITICAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DTR
3 follow-up statements
178 WWUS83 KFGF 141513 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1013 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY AND SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT ALLOWING SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK OUT IN THE LOWER 70S IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN TO THE MID 80S IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DRY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO THE AREA WITH AFTERNOON WIND SPEEDS IN THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WHILE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THAN ON MONDAY...THEY STILL WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...DROPPING TO NEAR 15 PERCENT THERE. WITH DRY FUELS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN CRITICAL. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GREATLY TOWARD SUNSET AND OVERNIGHT AS HUMIDITY VALUES RECOVER INTO THE 75 TO 95 PERCENT RANGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WINDS DIMINISH. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-142315- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0002.130514T1700Z-130515T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 1013 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...007...008...013...014...015...016...017... 022... 023...024...027...028...029...030...031...032 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008...014... 015...016... 024...026...027...028...029...030...038...039... 049...052... 053 AND 054. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR SHOULD FIRE INITIATE. 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 CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WJB
455 WWUS83 KFGF 142025 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 325 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INVADED THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON TO THESE AREAS...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO NEAR 20 PERCENT OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT MINNESOTA...AND MAY DROP A BIT MORE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GREATLY TOWARD SUNSET AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH CONCURRENT WITH HUMIDITY RECOVERY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-150200- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 325 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...007...008...013...014...015...016...017... 022... 023...024...027...028...029...030...031...032 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008...014... 015...016... 024...026...027...028...029...030...038...039... 049...052... 053 AND 054. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...75-80. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR SHOULD FIRE INITIATE. 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 CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WJB
111 WWUS83 KFGF 150159 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 859 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EASING... .FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EASING AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. WIND GUSTS ARE GENERALLY IN THE 15 MPH TO 25 MPH RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIKEWISE...WITH COOLER AIR PUSHING OVER THE AREA...HUMIDITIES ARE IN THE 35 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE AT THIS TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE EVENING. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-150300- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 859 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EASING AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. WIND GUSTS ARE GENERALLY IN THE 15 MPH TO 25 MPH RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIKEWISE...WITH COOLER AIR PUSHING OVER THE AREA...HUMIDITIES ARE IN THE 35 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE AT THIS TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HOPKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| May 14, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 42 min |
| May 14, 2:52 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Towner | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen | 29 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2013Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.