Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2015, 3:51 AM CDT for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 15, 2015, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
726 WWUS83 KABR 150851 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 351 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY... MNZ039-046-151700- /O.UPG.KABR.FW.A.0011.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0013.150415T1800Z-150416T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- 351 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039 AND 046... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039 AND 046. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY DUE TO DEAD FUELS... GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ SDZ273-151700- /O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0013.150415T1800Z-150416T0100Z/ RED RIVER VALLEY- 351 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 273... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 273. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
3 follow-up statements
414 WWUS83 KABR 151514 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1014 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY... MNZ039-046-SDZ273-160100- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0013.150415T1800Z-150416T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-RED RIVER VALLEY- 1014 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039... 046 AND 273... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039 AND 046. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 273. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY DUE TO DEAD FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ SERR
949 WWUS83 KABR 151807 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 107 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY... SDZ271-272-160100- /O.EXA.KABR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ UPPER JAMES RIVER-PRAIRIE COTEAU- 107 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 271 AND 272... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 271 AND 272. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY DUE TO DEAD FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ273-160100- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-RED RIVER VALLEY- 107 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039... 046 AND 273... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039 AND 046. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 273. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY DUE TO DEAD FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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. && $$
202 WWUS83 KABR 160049 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 749 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRING... MNZ039-046-SDZ271>273-160200- /O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-UPPER JAMES RIVER-PRAIRIE COTEAU- RED RIVER VALLEY- 749 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039...046... 271...272 AND 273... RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ TMT
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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.