Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2015, 10:39 AM CDT for 32 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 2, 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
- Apr 2, 2015, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 32 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WWUS83 KMPX 021539 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1039 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM CDT... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHISAGO TO MONTICELLO TO MANKATO AND WELLS. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>068-073>076-082-083-091-092-022345- /O.CAN.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0006.150402T1700Z-150403T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- 1039 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS... 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...SUSTAINED WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 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 WILL OCCUR TODAY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-069-070-077-084-085-093-021645- /O.CAN.KMPX.FW.A.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-WASECA-STEELE- FREEBORN- 1039 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FROM THE TWIN CITIES SOUTH...AS RAINFALL LAST NIGHT LEADING TO MORE MOIST FUELS ALONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS THAT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY MEET OR EXCEED 20 MPH WILL KEEP RED FLAG CONDITIONS FROM OCCURRING. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH HUMIDITIES DOWN AROUND 20 PERCENT. SO ALTHOUGH NOT SEVERE...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON FOR WHERE THE WATCH HAD BEEN IN PLACE. $$ MNZ053-061-022345- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0006.150402T1700Z-150403T0000Z/ CHISAGO-ANOKA- 1039 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SUSTAINED WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
571 WWUS83 KMPX 022356 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 656 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DIMINISHING WINDS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LESSEN THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HENCE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>059-061-064>068-073>076-082-083-091-092-030100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- 656 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 10:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 17 more | 8 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.