Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 6, 2016, 3:33 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 6, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2016, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mora, MN | SMALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND...SIZE OF THE TIP OF HER THUMB (PENNY) |
| May 6, 6:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ssw Mora, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
636 WWUS83 KMPX 060833 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 333 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND STRONG WINDS. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-061645- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0004.160506T1600Z-160507T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 333 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL MN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO MINNEAPOLIS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
311 WWUS83 KMPX 061845 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 145 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND STRONG WINDS. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH ARE OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE DROPPED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR 90 DEGREES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-070000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160507T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 145 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL MN... * AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO MINNEAPOLIS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. DO NOT BURN OUTDOORS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
681 WWUS83 KMPX 070001 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 701 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... .THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-070115- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160507T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 701 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...042...043...044...045...047...048...049... 050...051...052...053...055...056...057...058...059...060...061... 062 AND 063... TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED OFF BEHIND THE FRONT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE INCREASING. $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 24 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.