Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at Apr 11, 2015, 3:27 AM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 11, 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 11, 2015, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 26 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 2033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979 WWUS83 KFGF 110827 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 327 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING OVER MOST OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...EXCEPT THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN...AND ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN MINNESOTA SECTIONS OF THE FIRE WEATHER PLANNING AREA. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-111630- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0003.150411T1800Z-150412T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 327 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOST OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...007...008...013...014...015...022...023... 027... 028...029...030...031 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...016...026...027...028...029...030...038... 039...049... 052...053 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY 70 TO 75. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS ARE RIPE TO SUSTAIN EXISTING FIRES AND PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES. 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. && $$ WJB
2 follow-up statements
430 WWUS83 KFGF 112046 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 346 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 30 TO 35 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR OR BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WITH VERY DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-120100- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150412T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 346 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOST OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...007...008...013...014...015...022...023... 027... 028...029...030...031 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 008...016...026...027...028...029...030...038... 039...049... 052...053 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS ARE RIPE TO SUSTAIN EXISTING FIRES AND PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES. 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. && $$
654 WWUS83 KFGF 120053 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 753 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-120200- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150412T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 753 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... HUMIDITY WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY AT TIMES...ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS THIS PAST AFTERNOON. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 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.