Alert archive / Minnesota / Fire Weather Watches in 2021
Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at May 5, 2021, 2:40 PM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 6, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2021, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2021, 3:13 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
116 WWUS83 KMPX 051940 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 240 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... .Temperatures will rise into the low to mid 60s Thursday afternoon and RH is expected to drop to between 14 and 23 percent. Northwest winds will increase during the late morning with occasional gusts of 25 to 30 mph through early evening, resulting in possible critical fire weather conditions. In addition, there is a slight chance for thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. Dry lightning is possible. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>066-060900- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.A.0001.210506T1700Z-210507T0100Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Meeker-Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod- 240 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Central and western Minnesota. * WIND...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...14 to 23 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...There is a slight chance for thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. Dry lightning is possible. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ Borghoff
1 follow-up statement
951 WWUS83 KMPX 060813 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 313 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... .Temperatures will rise into the low to mid 60s this afternoon and RH is expected to drop to between 15 and 20 percent. Northwest winds will increase during the late morning with frequent gusts of 25 to 30 mph through early evening, resulting in critical fire weather conditions. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>066-061700- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.210506T1700Z-210507T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0004.210506T1700Z-210507T0100Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Meeker-Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod- 313 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Much of central Minnesota. * WIND...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 20 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:42 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue and 14 more | 17 hr |
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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.