Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2015, 3:27 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 15, 2015, 12:00 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
- Mar 15, 2015, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545 WWUS83 KMPX 150827 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN STRENGTH THIS MORNING... REACHING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WARMING TO THE LOWER 70S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW ULM TO SAINT PETER TO OWATONNA. MNZ074-075-082>085-091>093-151630- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150315T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- 327 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075... 082...083...084...085...091...092 AND 093... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...082...083... 084...085...091...092 AND 093. * WIND...SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AROUND 25 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ MNZ064-073-076-151630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-LE SUEUR- 327 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073 AND 076... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073 AND 076. * WIND...SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AROUND 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
850 WWUS83 KMPX 151544 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1044 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW ULM TO SAINT PETER TO OWATONNA. MNZ064-073>076-082>085-091>093-160000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 1044 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073...074... 075...076...082...083...084...085...091...092 AND 093... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073...074...075... 076...082...083...084...085...091...092 AND 093. * WIND...SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AROUND 25 PERCENT. * 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. && $$
728 WWUS83 KMPX 152354 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 654 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT... .THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. MNZ064-073>076-082>085-091>093-160100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150316T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 654 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WINDS WILL CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE RISING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
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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.