Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 11, 2015, 2:13 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 11, 2015, 1:00 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 11, 2015, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
562 WWUS83 KMPX 110713 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 213 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-111600- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0006.150411T1800Z-150412T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0007.150411T1800Z-150412T0100Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- 213 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND STRONG WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 047...048...054...055... 056 AND 064. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LOWEST HUMIDITY LEVELS 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. && $$ MNZ041-073-111600- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0007.150411T1800Z-150412T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-REDWOOD- 213 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND STRONG WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 073. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY....LOWEST HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
912 WWUS83 KMPX 111551 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1051 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-120000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0007.150411T1800Z-150412T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- 1051 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...047...048... 054...055...056...064 AND 073... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...047...048...054... 055...056...064 AND 073. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LOWEST HUMIDITY LEVELS 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. && $$ JRB
670 WWUS83 KMPX 120104 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 804 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-120215- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150412T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- 804 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR DRY...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...047...048... 054...055...056...064 AND 073... $$ BORGHOFF
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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.