Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2024
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2024, 1:54 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 13, 2024, 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
- Apr 13, 2024, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2024, 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, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
790 WWUS83 KMPX 130654 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 154 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .Southerly winds 15 to 20mph with gusts of 25 to 30 mph will combine with warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s to cause elevated fire weather conditions across portions of southwest and south-central Minnesota Saturday afternoon. Afternoon humidity will fall into the 20s at most locations within the Red Flag Warning, and a few spots could reach the upper teens across southwest Minnesota. MNZ064-073-074-082-083-091>093-131500- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0004.240413T1700Z-240414T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0005.240413T1700Z-240414T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- 154 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064, 073, 074, 082, 083, 091, 092, AND 093... 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. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Southwest and portions of south-central Minnesota. * WIND...South from 15 to 20 mph, gusting 25 to 30 mph. * HUMIDITY... 20 to 30 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. && $$ jrb
3 follow-up statements
961 WWUS83 KMPX 131715 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1215 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .Southerly winds 15 to 20mph with gusts of 25 to 35 mph will combine with warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s to cause critical fire weather conditions across portions of southwest and south-central Minnesota Saturday afternoon. Afternoon humidity will fall into the 20s at most locations within the Red Flag Warning, and a few spots could reach the upper teens across southwest Minnesota. MNZ064-073-074-082-083-091>093-140000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240414T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- 1215 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Southwest and portions of south-central Minnesota. * WIND...South from 15 to 20 mph, gusting 25 to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY... 20 to 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
956 WWUS83 KMPX 131955 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 255 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 35 mph will combine with warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s to cause critical fire weather conditions across portions of southwest and south-central Minnesota Saturday afternoon. Afternoon humidity will fall into the 20s at most locations within the Red Flag Warning, and a few spots could reach the upper teens across southwest Minnesota. MNZ064-073-074-082-083-091>093-140000- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240414T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- 255 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...Southwest and portions of south-central Minnesota. * WIND...South from 15 to 20 mph, gusting 25 to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY... 20 to 30 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. && $$
482 WWUS83 KMPX 140009 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 709 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 MNZ064-073-074-082-083-091>093-140115- /O.EXP.KMPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240414T0000Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- 709 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... $$ Borghoff
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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.