Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2015, 2:40 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 14, 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 14, 2015, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 3411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793 WWUS83 KMPX 140740 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 240 AM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT... .ANOTHER DAY OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO REDWOOD FALLS. MNZ047-054>056-064-073-141545- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0008.150414T1800Z-150415T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0009.150414T1800Z-150415T0100Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- 240 AM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY 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...054...055...056...064 AND 073. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 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
995 WWUS83 KMPX 142028 AAB RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN...UPDATED ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 328 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NOON TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO REDWOOD FALLS AS WINDY... WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER DAY OF WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM MORRIS... TO SAINT CLOUD... TO MORA. MNZ047-150430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0009.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150415T0100Z/ STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORRIS 328 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR STEVENS COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED THIS EVENING OR ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MNZ054>056-064-073-150100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150415T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 328 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054...055...056...064...073. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...AND COULD QUICKLY BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE... ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-048>050-150430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0009.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 328 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...041...042...043...044...045...048...049...050. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ WIZ028-150430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0009.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 328 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
349 WWUS83 KMPX 150112 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 812 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NOON TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY... .ANOTHER DAY OF WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM MORRIS...TO SAINT CLOUD...TO MORA. MNZ047-150915- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150415T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0009.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ STEVENS- 812 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED THIS EVENING OR ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MNZ054>056-064-073-150215- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150415T0100Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- 812 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS... $$ MNZ041>045-048>050-150915- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0009.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- 812 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...041...042...043...044...045...048...049...050. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ WIZ028-150915- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.A.0009.150415T1700Z-150416T0100Z/ EAU CLAIRE- 812 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT GET STARTED ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN DRY GRASSES AND OTHER DORMANT FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 3 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
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.