Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2024
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2024, 9:15 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 3, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2024, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:20 PM CST | WILDFIRE | 3 Nne Waseca, MN | Corrected start time based on radar and satellite. Active wildfire evident on radar and satellite imagery. Images relayed to NWS via social media. |
| Mar 3, 1:00 PM CST | WILDFIRE | 3 Nne Waseca, MN | Active wildfire evident on radar and satellite imagery. Images relayed to NWS via social media. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120 WWUS83 KMPX 031515 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 915 AM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .Winds today will be out of the south at 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. These winds combined with relative humidity values as low as 20 to 25 percent will result in critical fire weather conditions this afternoon. Any fires that form will have the potential to spread quickly. MNZ082>085-091>093-032315- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.240303T1800Z-240304T0000Z/ Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- 915 AM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * WIND...South 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * HUMIDITY...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. && $$ Dunleavy
1 follow-up statement
568 WWUS83 KMPX 032354 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 554 PM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6PM... .With temperatures falling RH values have increased enough that the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. MNZ082>085-091>093-040100- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240304T0000Z/ Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- 554 PM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ... With temperatures and winds falling the conditions for the Red Flag warning (high winds and low RHs) have ended. So the warning will be allowed to expire. $$ NDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:35 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.