Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 6, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 6, 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
- Oct 6, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
342 WWUS83 KMPX 060826 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 326 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2020 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today Across Southwestern and Portions of South Central Minnesota... .Dry and breezy conditions are expected today over southwestern and far south central Minnesota. Sustained westerly winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts to near 40 mph are likely. Relative humidity levels will drop as low as 20 to 25 percent. The Red Flag Warning is in effect for locations along and south of the Minnesota River in southwestern and far south central Minnesota. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-061700- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0003.201006T1700Z-201007T0000Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Martin-Faribault- 326 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND FAR SOUTH 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...Lac Qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, Redwood, Brown, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Martin and Faribault counties. * WIND...West sustained 20 to 25 mph, with gusts to near 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 20 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
430 WWUS83 KMPX 061544 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1044 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2020 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today Across Southwestern and Portions of South Central Minnesota... .Dry and breezy conditions are expected today over southwestern and far south central Minnesota. Sustained westerly winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts to near 40 mph are likely. Relative humidity levels will drop as low as 20 to 25 percent. The Red Flag Warning is in effect for locations along and south of the Minnesota River in southwestern and far south central Minnesota. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-070000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0003.201006T1700Z-201007T0000Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Martin-Faribault- 1044 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Lac Qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, Redwood, Brown,Watonwan, Blue Earth, Martin and Faribault counties. * WIND...West sustained 20 to 25 mph, with gusts to near 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 20 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
647 WWUS83 KMPX 062350 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 650 PM CDT Tue Oct 6 2020 MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-070100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-201007T0000Z/ Lac Qui Parle-Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Martin-Faribault- 650 PM CDT Tue Oct 6 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... $$ Borghoff
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.