Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2024
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2024, 3:26 AM CST for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 6, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 6, 2024, 3:26 AM CST (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.4 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
- 3243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
415 WWUS83 KMPX 060926 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 326 AM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 MNZ047-048-054>056-064-061730- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0002.240306T1800Z-240307T0000Z/ Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- 326 AM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Areas of west central Minnesota along and west of a line from Glenwood to Granite Falls. * WIND...Southerly winds sustained at 25 to 30 mph and gusting to 40 to 45 mph * HUMIDITY...Afternoon relative humidities falling to around 25%. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
500 WWUS83 KMPX 061617 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1017 AM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 MNZ047-048-054>056-064-070000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.240306T1800Z-240307T0000Z/ Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- 1017 AM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Areas of west central Minnesota along and west of a line from Glenwood to Granite Falls. * WIND...Southerly winds sustained at 25 to 30 mph and gusting to 40 mph * HUMIDITY...Relative humidities falling to around 25%. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ pv
616 WWUS83 KMPX 061836 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1236 PM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... Winds today will be out of the south at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. 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. MNZ057-065>067-073>076-082-083-091-070000- /O.EXA.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240307T0000Z/ Kandiyohi-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin- 1236 PM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Areas of west central Minnesota along and west of a line from Glenwood to Granite Falls. * WIND...Southerly winds sustained at 25 to 30 mph and gusting to 40 mph * HUMIDITY...Relative humidities falling to around 25%. * 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. && $$ MNZ047-048-054>056-064-070000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240307T0000Z/ Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- 1236 PM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Areas of west central Minnesota along and west of a line from Glenwood to Granite Falls. * WIND...Southerly winds sustained at 25 to 30 mph and gusting to 40 mph * HUMIDITY...Relative humidities falling to around 25%. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ PV
020 WWUS83 KMPX 062343 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 543 PM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 MNZ047-048-054>057-064>067-073>076-082-083-091-070045- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240307T0000Z/ Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet- Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin- 543 PM CST Wed Mar 6 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... Wind speeds will continue to gradually diminish through the evening hours while relative humidity values increase as temperatures cool. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. With fuels still dry, any burning activities should be closely monitored. Any burning restrictions should still be adhered to. $$
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.