Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2016, 4:17 AM CDT for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 14, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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, 2016, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
379 WWUS83 KABR 140917 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 417 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MNZ039-046-141730- /O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0007.160414T1800Z-160415T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- 417 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 39 AND 46... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 TRAVERSE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 BIG STONE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 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. && $$ SD
2 follow-up statements
272 WWUS83 KABR 141436 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 936 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SDZ272-273-150000- /O.EXA.KABR.FW.W.0007.160414T1800Z-160415T0000Z/ PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 936 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 272 AND 273... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 272 PRAIRIE COTEAU AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 273 RED RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MNZ039-046-150000- /O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0007.160414T1800Z-160415T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- 936 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 39 AND 46... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 TRAVERSE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 BIG STONE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 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. && $$ CONNELLY
974 WWUS83 KABR 150004 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 704 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016 MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-150115- /O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160415T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 704 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 272 AND 273 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONES 39 AND 46 IN MINNESOTA... TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO STEADY OFF OR SLOWLY COOL STARTING THIS HOUR...WHILE DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY BEGINS TO RECOVER. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ DORN
Nearby
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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.