Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2015, 4:22 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 30, 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 30, 2015, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
968 WWUS83 KMPX 300922 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 422 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MNZ064-073-074-082-091-301730- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.150330T1700Z-150331T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 422 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073... 074...082 AND 091... 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...074...082 AND 091. MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW ULM AND THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT. * WIND...25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 22 AND 27 PERCENT THIS 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
801 WWUS83 KMPX 301444 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 944 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. MNZ064-073-074-082-091-310000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.150330T1700Z-150331T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 944 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073...074... 082 AND 091... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...073...074...082 AND 091. MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW ULM AND THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT. * WIND...WEST NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 22 AND 27 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
502 WWUS83 KMPX 302359 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 659 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING... .DIMINISHING WINDS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LESSEN THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. HENCE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. MNZ064-073-074-082-091-310100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150331T0000Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- 659 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... $$
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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.