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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 13, 201342 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2013, 3:14 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
May 13, 2013, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 14, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 20:16 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, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

188 
WWUS83 KMPX 132014
RFWMPX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
314 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING... 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING...

.HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE 80S TO MIDDLE 90S. SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST
ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT. THIS
CAN RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

MNZ047>051-054>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-141015-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...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...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
314 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
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 NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...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 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 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...SHIFTING
  WEST.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD 
  OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

MNZ078-141015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING
314 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GOODHUE COUNTY...

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 NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE.

* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...SHIFTING
  WEST LATE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD 
  OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

MNZ041>045-052-053-141015-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY
314 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...SHIFTING 
  WEST.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD 
  OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. 

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.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF/MPG
3 follow-up statements
443 
WWUS83 KMPX 140900
RFWMPX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING...

.HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S.
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO NEAR
40 MPH ARE FORECAST ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
NEAR 20 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA.

MNZ041>045-052-053-141700-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.FW.W.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY
400 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY 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 042 TODD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MORRISON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 044 MILLE LACS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 KANABEC...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 052 ISANTI AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 053 CHISAGO.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
  MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD 
  OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

MNZ047>051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-141700-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-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...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...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
400 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF 
MINNESOTA...  

* AFFECTED AREA...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 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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD 
  OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

JRB
019 
WWUS83 KMPX 141639
RFWMPX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1139 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING...

.HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE ARE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 80S TO
AROUND 100 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION TO THE WARM
TEMPERATURES...A COLD FRONT WAS JUST ENTERING THE STATE AT 11 AM AND
WILL BE ENTERING WISCONSIN BY 8 PM. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE COMMON AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIE DOWN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...BEFORE TURNING TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT.
THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
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
1139 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
  MPH AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 20
  TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD 
  OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$
294 
WWUS83 KMPX 150115
RFWMPX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING LATE THIS
EVENING...

.LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SLOWLY INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS
EVENING.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-150215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130515T0100Z/
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
815 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA...

$$

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.