Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 21, 2014, 2:54 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 21, 2014, 1:00 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 21, 2014, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
609 WWUS83 KMPX 210754 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 254 AM CDT MON APR 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL BE FROM 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REACHING 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-211600- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.140421T1800Z-140422T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.140421T1800Z-140422T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 254 AM CDT MON APR 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO 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 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...WILD FIRES 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
607 WWUS83 KMPX 211407 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 907 AM CDT MON APR 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REACHING 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-212215- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.140421T1800Z-140422T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 907 AM CDT MON APR 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...WILD FIRES 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. && $$ RAH
925 WWUS83 KMPX 212003 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 303 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REACHING 25 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-220000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140422T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 303 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...WILD FIRES 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 5:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 44 min |
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.