Alert archive / Wisconsin / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2015, 4:16 AM CDT for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2015, 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
- Apr 15, 2015, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 3067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
487 WWUS83 KARX 150916 RFWARX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 416 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TODAY... .DRY CONDITIONS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 15 PERCENT...AND BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM CDT TODAY. WIZ029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-151730- /O.UPG.KARX.FW.A.0003.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.FW.W.0002.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 416 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...14 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...62 TO 70. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WIZ017-151730- /O.NEW.KARX.FW.W.0002.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ TAYLOR- 416 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...14 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...62 TO 67. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ROGERS/DS
5 follow-up statements
080 WWUS83 KARX 151438 RFWARX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 938 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...FIRES COULD START EASILY TODAY AND SPREAD QUICKLY... .WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEGUN TO DROP AS WELL AND THIS COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR CONDITIONS THAT WILL PROMOTE FIRE STARTS AND RAPID SPREADING. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH ALERTS PEOPLE THAT OUTDOOR FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY...IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-152245- /O.CON.KARX.FW.W.0002.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 938 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 62 TO 70. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BAUMGARDT
406 WWUS83 KARX 151512 RFWARX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1012 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPANDED INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... .WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEGUN TO DROP AS WELL...AND THIS COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR CONDITIONS THAT WILL PROMOTE FIRE STARTS AND RAPID SPREADING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TODAY AS WELL. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH ALERTS PEOPLE THAT OUTDOOR FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY...IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-152315- /O.EXA.KARX.FW.W.0002.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- 1012 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. * CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 64 TO 69. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-152315- /O.CON.KARX.FW.W.0002.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 1012 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 62 TO 70. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ DB
831 WWUS83 KARX 151719 RFWARX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1219 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...ANY FIRES THIS AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD FAST... .WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ARE GUSTING FROM 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMDITIES CONTINUING TO FALL TOWARD THE TEENS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS PROMOTE FIRE STARTS AND RAPID SPREADING. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH ALERTS PEOPLE THAT OUTDOOR FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-160100- /O.CON.KARX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 1219 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS WILL BE 12 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER INTO THE TEENS. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 62 TO 70. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-160100- /O.CON.KARX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- 1219 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... * CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE AROUND 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 64 TO 69. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BAUMGARDT
786 WWUS83 KARX 152118 RFWARX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 418 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...WEATHER CONDITIONS STILL CONDUCIVE TO HIGHER FIRE ACTIVITY... .WINDS ARE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES VERY LOW...15 TO 22 PERCENT. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS PROMOTE FIRE STARTS AND RAPID SPREADING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL THAT TIME. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-160100- /O.CON.KARX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 418 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS WILL BE 12 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 62 TO 70. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-160100- /O.CON.KARX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- 418 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... * CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE AROUND 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 64 TO 67. * ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BAUMGARDT
673 WWUS83 KARX 160051 RFWARX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 751 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...FIRE DANGER SLOWLY DIMINISHING... .AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL THIS EVENING...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SLOWLY INCREASE AND WITH WINDS OF 10 MPH OR LESS...THE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO FIRES WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-160200- /O.EXP.KARX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 751 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... COOLING TEMPERATURES...WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASING AND WINDS OF 10 MPH OR LESS THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW THE FIRE THREAT TO DIMINISH. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-160200- /O.EXP.KARX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T0100Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- 751 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... COOLING TEMPERATURES...WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASING AND WINDS OF 10 MPH OR LESS THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW THE FIRE THREAT TO DIMINISH. $$ 04
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Wisconsin, 2015Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
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.