Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Apr 9, 2014, 10:07 AM CDT (15:07 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 9, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 9, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Grant County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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110 
WWUS83 KFGF 091507
RFWFGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1007 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON IN SE ND AND W CNTRL MN. MILD TEMPERATURES IN 70S ARE
EXPECTED...WITH STRENGTHENING WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THE DAY.
WINDS MAY GUST TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING. WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INCREASING THE THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS.
MIN RHS WILL MIX DOWN IN TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT.

MNZ029-040-NDZ049-052-053-092315-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0001.140409T2100Z-140410T0100Z/
WILKIN-GRANT-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
1007 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS AND LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...GRANT AND WILKIN. IN NORTH
  DAKOTA...RICHLAND...SARGENT AND RANSOM.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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.

&&

$$

JK

098 
WWUS83 KFGF 092030
RFWFGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
330 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON IN SE ND AND W CNTRL MN. WITH MILD TEMPERATURES IN
THE 70S AND STRENGTHENING WESTERLY WINDS WHICH MAY GUST TO AS HIGH
AS 45 MPH...MIN RHS WILL MIX DOWN INTO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. THESE
CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE DRY GRASS FUELS SET THE STAGE FOR
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE POTENTIAL. WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD
FRONT LATE THIS EVENING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...INCREASING THE THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS.

MNZ029-040-NDZ049-052-053-100100-
/O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0001.140409T2100Z-140410T0100Z/
WILKIN-GRANT-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
330 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY FUELS AND LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 029 AND 040. 
  IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...052 AND 053.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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.

&&

$$

JK

740 
WWUS83 KFGF 100105
RFWFGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
805 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

MNZ029-040-NDZ049-052-053-100215-
/O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140410T0100Z/
WILKIN-GRANT-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
805 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE COLD FRONT HAS COME THROUGH CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO DROP AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE.

$$

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