Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2018, 3:50 AM CDT for 33 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 4, 2018, 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
- May 4, 2018, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 33 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur 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, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
122 WWUS83 KMPX 040850 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 350 AM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Dangerous fire weather conditions are expected this afternoon over much of central Minnesota . Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts near 30 mph are expected as humidity levels drop to around 20 percent. The Red Flag Warning is in effect for locations along and north of a line from New Ulm, to Le Center, and Hastings. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-041700- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0004.180504T1800Z-180505T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.180504T1700Z-180505T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- 350 AM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 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. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Locations along and north of a line from New Ulm, to Le Center, and Hastings. * WIND...Northwest sustained near 20 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Near 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
192 WWUS83 KMPX 041639 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1139 AM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Dangerous fire weather conditions are expected this afternoon over much of central Minnesota. Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts near 30 mph are expected as humidity levels drop to around 20 percent. The Red Flag Warning is in effect for locations along and north of a line from New Ulm, to Le Center, and Hastings. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-050000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.180504T1700Z-180505T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- 1139 AM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Locations along and north of a line from New Ulm, to Le Center, and Hastings. * WIND...Northwest sustained near 20 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Near 20 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Borghoff
995 WWUS83 KMPX 042347 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 647 PM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...Red Flag Warning will expire at 7 PM CDT this evening... .Winds have decrease and the humidity will increase overnight which will bring an end to the dangerous fire weather conditions. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-050100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180505T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- 647 PM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... Winds have decrease and the humidity will increase overnight which will bring an end to the dangerous fire weather conditions. $$ jrb
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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.