Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2020, 4:04 AM CDT for 31 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 2, 2020, 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 2, 2020, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 31 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa 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, 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, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 484 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
447 WWUS83 KMPX 020904 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 404 AM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Expected This Afternoon... .Dry and breezy conditions are expected today. Sustained northwest winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts near 30 mph are likely. Humidity levels will range from 15 to 25 percent by the afternoon. The Red Flag Warning covers most of central Minnesota. MNZ041>045-047>052-055>059-021715- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0003.200502T1700Z-200503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.200502T1700Z-200503T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright- 404 AM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR MOST 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...Much of western and central Minnesota. * WIND...Northwest sustained 20 to 25 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 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. && $$ MNZ054-060-061-064>069-073>076-082-083-021715- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.200502T1700Z-200503T0000Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Hennepin-Anoka-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod- Sibley-Carver-Scott-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan- Blue Earth- 404 AM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Much of and south central and east central Minnesota. * WIND...Northwest sustained 20 to 25 mph, with gusts near 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ jrb
2 follow-up statements
899 WWUS83 KMPX 021536 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1036 AM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Expected This Afternoon... .Dry and breezy conditions are expected today. Sustained northwest winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts near 30 mph are likely. Humidity levels will range from 15 to 25 percent by the afternoon. The Red Flag Warning covers most of central Minnesota. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>061-064>069-073>076-082-083-030000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.200502T1700Z-200503T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod- Sibley-Carver-Scott-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan- Blue Earth- 1036 AM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Much of western and central Minnesota. * WIND...Northwest sustained 20 to 25 mph, with gusts near30 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 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. && $$ BPH
446 WWUS83 KMPX 021909 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 209 PM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Through 7 PM... .Dry and breezy conditions are expected through 7 pm. Sustained northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts near 35 mph are likely before sunset, with humidity levels ranging from 15 to 25 percent. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>061-064>069-073>076-082-083-030000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200503T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod- Sibley-Carver-Scott-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan- Blue Earth- 209 PM CDT Sat May 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Much of western and central Minnesota. * WIND...Northwest sustained 15 to 25 mph, with gusts near 35 mph. * HUMIDITY...holding between 15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
Nearby
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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.