Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2019
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 25, 2019, 3:04 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 25, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 25, 2019, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 2301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
293 WWUS83 KMPX 250804 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 304 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today Across West Central Minnesota... .Skies will clear from northwest to southeast this morning, and increasing sunshine will produce deep mixing this afternoon. Dewpoint temepratures will fall and winds will pick up during the afternoon. Relative humidity values are expected to drop below 25 percent by mid afternoon and could fall below 20 percent by late afternoon. Frequent wind gusts in excess of 25 mph are anticipated by mid to late afternoon as a secondary trough drops through the area and the pressure gradient increases. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-260100- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.190425T2000Z-190426T0100Z/ Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- 304 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Near and west of a line from Granite Falls to Alexandria, including fire weather zones 041, 047, 048, 054, 055, 056, and 064. * WIND...Northwest sustained wind near 20 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Near 20 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...None. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
510 WWUS83 KMPX 251859 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 159 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today Across West Central Minnesota... .Deep mixing under sunny skies will continue this afternoon, allowing relative humidity values between 15 and 20 percent. Northwest winds will remain sustained near 20 mph and frequent wind gusts in excess of 25 mph are likely through the early evening. MNZ042-049-057-260100- /O.EXB.KMPX.FW.W.0001.190425T1900Z-190426T0100Z/ Todd-Stearns-Kandiyohi- 159 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 042, 049, AND 057... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... West central Minnesota * WIND...Northwest sustained wind near 20 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Near 20 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...None. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-260100- /O.EXT.KMPX.FW.W.0001.190425T1900Z-190426T0100Z/ Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- 159 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041, 047, 048, 054, 055, 056, AND 064... * AFFECTED AREA... West Central Minnesota * WIND...Northwest sustained wind near 20 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Near 20 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...None. * 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. && $$
198 WWUS83 KMPX 260119 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 819 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...Humidities increasing overnight with decreasing winds... .Humidities will increase overnight and winds will calm down slightly. Looking ahead to tomorrow, humidities will decrease again, but winds will not be as strong as they were on Thursday. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-260230- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-190426T0100Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine- 819 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041, 042, 047, 048, 049, 054, 055, 056, 057, AND 064... Humidities will increase overnight and winds will calm down slightly. Looking ahead to tomorrow, humidities will decrease again, but winds will not be as strong as they were on Thursday. $$ 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.