Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2023
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at May 28, 2023, 2:37 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 28, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 28, 2023, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 3783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
524 WWUS83 KMPX 280737 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 237 AM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Winds today will be out of the south at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. These winds combined with relative humidity values as low as 10 to 15 percent will result in critical fire weather conditions this afternoon. Any fires that form will have the potential to spread quickly. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-281545- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0003.230528T1800Z-230529T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0005.230528T1700Z-230529T0200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Yellow Medicine- 237 AM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 9 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WIND...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. * HUMIDITY...10 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. && $$ DPH
2 follow-up statements
956 WWUS83 KMPX 282059 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 359 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .Winds today will be out of the south at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. These winds combined with relative humidity values as low as 10 to 15 percent will result in critical fire weather conditions this afternoon. Any fires that form will have the potential to spread quickly. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-290200- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-230529T0200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Yellow Medicine- 359 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... * WIND...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. * HUMIDITY...10 to 20 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
497 WWUS83 KMPX 290157 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 857 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM... .Relative humidity values have been rising as temperatures fall this evening and this will continue into tonight. Winds have also started to fall some. Conditions could remain near critical for a few hours after this warning expires, but conditions will continue to improve tonight. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-290300- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-230529T0200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Yellow Medicine- 857 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... As winds become lighter and humidity values increase the fire weather risk will come to an end. There will still be some near critical fire weather as this expires before that also comes to an end later tonight. $$ NDC
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.