Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2016, 5:41 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- May 3, 2016, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 34 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 2027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
218 WWUS83 KFGF 031041 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 541 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 MNZ001>003-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-040100- /O.UPG.KFGF.FW.A.0001.160503T1700Z-160504T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0003.160503T1700Z-160504T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- 541 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...013...014...015...016...022...023...027...028...029... 030... 031 AND 040. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ MNZ017-024-032-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054- 040100- /O.NEW.KFGF.FW.W.0003.160503T1700Z-160504T0100Z/ SOUTH BELTRAMI-HUBBARD-WADENA-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 541 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 017...024 AND 032. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007... 008...014... 015...016...024...026...027...028...029...030... 038...039...049... 052...053 AND 054. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
541 WWUS83 KFGF 031710 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1210 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 MNZ004-005-007-008-040100- /O.EXA.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160504T0100Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- 1210 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 004...005... 007 AND 008. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ MNZ001>003-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-040100- /O.CON.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160504T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 1210 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 003...013...014...015...016...017...022...023...024...027... 028... 029...030...031...032 AND 040. IN NORTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...008...014...015...016...024...026... 027...028... 029...030...038...039...049...052...053 AND 054. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JR
903 WWUS83 KFGF 040053 RFWFGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 753 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 MNZ001>005-007-008-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-040200- /O.EXP.KFGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160504T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 753 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOST OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CONDITIONS HAVE EASED BELOW CRITICAL VALUES AND THE RED FLAG WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT. $$ WJB
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.