Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Nov 28, 2017, 12:39 PM CST for 40 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 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
- Nov 28, 2017, 12:39 PM CST (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2017, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 40 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
227 WWUS83 KMPX 281839 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1239 PM CST Tue Nov 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A Red Flag Warning has been issued until 5 PM CST for western Minnesota. Northwest winds of 20 mph with gusts to around 35 or 40 mph are expected as humidity levels drop to less than 25 percent this afternoon. MNZ043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-282300- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.171128T1839Z-171128T2300Z/ Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan- 1239 PM CST Tue Nov 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043, 047, 048, 049, 050, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 073, 074, AND 082... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 5 PM CST this afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 043, 047, 048, 049, 050, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 073, 074, and 082. * WIND...northwest 20 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
363 WWUS83 KMPX 281934 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 134 PM CST Tue Nov 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A Red Flag Warning has been expanded eastward to include east central and south central Minnesota until 5 PM CST. Northwest winds of 20 mph with gusts to around 35 or 40 mph are expected as humidity levels drop to less than 25 percent this afternoon. MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-091>093-282300- /O.EXA.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-171128T2300Z/ Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka- Ramsey-Washington-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Nicollet- Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn- 134 PM CST Tue Nov 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044, 045, 051, 052, 053, 059, 060, 061, 062, 063, 066, 067, 068, 069, 070, 075, 076, 077, 078, 083, 084, 085, 091, 092, AND 093... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 5 PM CST this afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 043, 047, 048, 049, 050, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 073, 074, and 082. * WIND...northwest 20 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ MNZ043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-074-082-282300- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-171128T2300Z/ Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan- 134 PM CST Tue Nov 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043, 047, 048, 049, 050, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 073, 074, AND 082... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 043, 047, 048, 049, 050, 054, 055, 056, 057, 058, 064, 065, 073, 074, and 082. * WIND...northwest 20 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 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. && $$ Borghoff
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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.