Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 15, 2015, 4:04 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 15, 2015, 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
- Oct 15, 2015, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 15, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
566 WWUS83 KMPX 150904 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 404 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MN. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ054-064-151015- /O.CAN.KMPX.FW.A.0011.151015T1800Z-151016T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- 404 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 25%...THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL NOT BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES. $$ MNZ073-151715- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0011.151015T1800Z-151016T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0012.151015T1800Z-151016T0000Z/ REDWOOD- 404 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MNZ074-082>084-091>093-151715- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0012.151015T1800Z-151016T0000Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 404 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
438 WWUS83 KMPX 151626 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1126 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MN. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ054-064-160000- /O.EXA.KMPX.FW.W.0012.151015T1800Z-151016T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1126 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MNZ073-074-082>084-091>093-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0012.151015T1800Z-151016T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- 1126 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ JRB
295 WWUS83 KMPX 160027 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 727 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MNZ054-064-073-074-082>084-091>093-160130- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151016T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 727 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood, Stevens and 2 more | 18 hr |
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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.