Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2016, 3:37 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 7, 2016, 11:00 AM 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 7, 2016, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
927 WWUS83 KMPX 070837 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 337 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH 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 LONG PRAIRIE TO CAMBRIDGE. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR 70 AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID 20S. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-071645- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0005.160507T1600Z-160508T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- 337 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTH 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 LONG PRAIRIE TO CAMBRIDGE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
417 WWUS83 KMPX 072018 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 318 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND STRONG WINDS. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO CAMBRIDGE. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR 70 AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID 20S. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-080000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160508T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- 318 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MN... * AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO CAMBRIDGE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 25 min |
| May 6, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.