Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 19, 2017, 5:38 AM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 19, 2017, 12:00 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
- Oct 19, 2017, 5:38 AM CDT (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 4033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
467 WWUS83 KMPX 191038 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 538 AM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A Red Flag Warning has been issued from noon to 7 PM CDT today for western Minnesota. South winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph are expected as humidity levels drop to less than 25 mph this afternoon. If gusty winds materialize further east where RH values may fall into the teens, the warning may need to be expanded. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-191845- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.171019T1700Z-171020T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift- Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault- 538 AM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041, 042, 043, 047, 048, 049, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 066, 067, 073, 074, 075, 082, 083, 091, AND 092... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 041, 042, 043, 047, 048, 049, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 066, 067, 073, 074, 075, 082, 083, 091, and 092. * WIND...south 15 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...less than 25 percent and perhaps as low as 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. && $$ Borghoff
2 follow-up statements
191 WWUS83 KMPX 191651 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1151 AM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A Red Flag Warning remains in effect from noon to 7 PM CDT today for western Minnesota. South winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph are expected as humidity levels drop to less than 25 mph this afternoon. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-200000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.171019T1700Z-171020T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift- Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault- 1151 AM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...areas along and west of line from Blue Earth to Little Falls. * WIND...south 15 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...less than 25 percent and perhaps as low as 20 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
747 WWUS83 KMPX 192341 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 641 PM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA... .As relative humidity levels continue to increase and winds continue to diminish, red flag conditions are no longer expected to be realized. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning for portions of western Minnesota will be allowed to expire. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-200045- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-171020T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift- Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin-Faribault- 641 PM CDT Thu Oct 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA... As relative humidity levels continue to increase and winds continue to diminish, red flag conditions are no longer expected to be realized. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning for portions of western Minnesota will be allowed to expire. $$
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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.