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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2015, 4:22 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 2, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2015, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 34 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods 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, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Grand Forks, ND | AN 8 INCH DIAMETER CHERRY TREE SPLIT APPROXIMATELY 4FT ABOVE BASE. TOP PORTION FELLED AND MADE CONTACT WITH REAR OF AUTOMOBILE. OBSERVED AT 445 PM ACROSS FROM SCHROEDER MIDDLE SCHOOL ON 32 AV S. EVENT TIME BASED ON FGF DAVIS WIND DATA. |
| May 2, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Grand Forks, ND | CHERRY TREE SPLIT APPROXIMATELY 4FT ABOVE BASE. TOP PORTION FELLED AND MADE CONTACT WITH REAR OF AUTOMOBILE. OBSERVED AT 445 PM ACROSS FROM SCHROEDER MIDDLE SCHOOL ON 32 AV S. EVENT TIME BASED ON FGF DAVIS WIND DATA. |
| May 2, 4:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ese Grafton, ND | PEAK WIND REPORTED AT THE GRAFTON AIRPORT /KGAF/ AT 2115 UCT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 2523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
242 WWUS83 KFGF 020922 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 422 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING POSTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE ENTIRE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AREA...COMBINED WITH DRY DORMANT FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAKE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MNZ040-021030- /O.CAN.KFGF.FW.A.0007.150502T1600Z-150503T0100Z/ GRANT- 422 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WINDS IN FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL STAY BELOW 20 MPH. $$ MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-021730- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0007.150502T1600Z-150503T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0009.150502T1800Z-150503T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 422 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY DORMANT FUELS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY DORMANT FUELS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 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 001...002... 003...004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015... 016... 017...022...023...024...027...028...029...030...031 AND 032. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008... 014...015... 016...024...026...027...028...029...030...038... 039...049...052... 053 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 100 PM THROUGH 800 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH IS VERY POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
041 WWUS83 KFGF 021953 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 253 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING POSTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE ENTIRE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AREA...COMBINED WITH DRY DORMANT FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE CAUSING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-030100- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150503T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 253 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...004...005...006...007...008...009...013...014...015... 016... 017...022...023...024...027...028...029...030...031 AND 032. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008... 014...015... 016...024...026...027...028...029...030...038... 039...049...052... 053 AND 054. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 100 PM THROUGH 800 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE. 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. && $$ WJB
294 WWUS83 KFGF 030057 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 757 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRING... MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-030200- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150503T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 757 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS... STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE IMPROVED AS TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN AND A FEW SHOWERS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS STILL A CONCERN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS EVENING. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW. $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Kittson | 51 min |
| May 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 54 min |
| May 2, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 38 min |
| May 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 66 min |
| May 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 57 min |
| May 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Walsh | 64 min |
| May 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Steele, Traill | 33 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.