Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT for 24 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 9, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
208 WWUS83 KMPX 081900 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY... .WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-090300- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.140409T1700Z-140409T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 200 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST ...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 NOON TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...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 082 WATONWAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MARTIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
069 WWUS83 KMPX 090530 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1230 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY... .WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON AHEAD OF THE FRONT... AS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST... AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-091330- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.140409T1700Z-140409T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1230 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREAS...ALONG AND WEST OF A MORRIS...OLIVIA...FAIRMONT LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. * IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
386 WWUS83 KMPX 090907 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY... .WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON AHEAD OF THE FRONT... AS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ048-057-058-066-067-075>078-083>085-092-093-091715- /O.EXA.KMPX.FW.W.0001.140409T1700Z-140409T2300Z/ POPE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 407 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST 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 NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS ALONG...WEST AND SOUTH OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...LE CENTER...TO RED WIND LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. * 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. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-091715- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.140409T1700Z-140409T2300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 407 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREAS...LOCATIONS ALONG...WEST AND SOUTH OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...LE CENTER...TO RED WIND LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. * IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
406 WWUS83 KMPX 091947 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 247 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH FOR A SLIGHTLY SMALLER AREA OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE BRISK WINDS WILL COUPLE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A BENSON TO OLIVIA TO MANKATO LINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS. WHILE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE INDEED EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ONLY AROUND FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. THEREFORE...THE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO ELIMINATE THE ANTICIPATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-100400- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.140410T1700Z-140411T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140409T2300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 247 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...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 NOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...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 091 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT. * AFFECTED AREAS...LOCATIONS ALONG...WEST AND SOUTH OF A BENSON...TO OLIVIA...TO MANKATO...TO KIESTER LINE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TIMING...MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. * 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. && $$ MNZ047-048-057-058-066-067-076>078-084-085-093-092300- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140409T2300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 247 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 POPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 KANDIYOHI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 MEEKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 MCLEOD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 SIBLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 LE SUEUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 RICE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 GOODHUE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 WASECA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEELE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 FREEBORN. * AFFECTED AREAS...LOCATIONS ALONG...WEST AND SOUTH OF A GLENWOOD...LITCHFIELD...LE CENTER...TO RED WIND LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TIMING...MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. * IMPACTS...WILDFIRES COULD BECOME FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
698 WWUS83 KMPX 092312 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH FOR A SLIGHTLY SMALLER AREA OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE BRISK WINDS WILL COUPLE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A BENSON TO OLIVIA TO MANKATO LINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS. WHILE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE INDEED EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ONLY AROUND FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. THEREFORE...THE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO ELIMINATE THE ANTICIPATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER. MNZ054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-101100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140409T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.140410T1700Z-140411T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 LAC QUI PARLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 SWIFT...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 091 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 FARIBAULT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TIMING...MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. * 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. && $$ MNZ047-048-057-058-066-067-076>078-084-085-093-100015- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140409T2300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... $$ BORGHOFF
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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.