Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2024
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2024, 3:56 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2024, 11:00 AM 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
- Apr 15, 2024, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 3335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
817 WWUS83 KMPX 150856 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 356 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA MONDAY... .Today will be another day with low humidity as east winds increase across southwest Minnesota. These winds combined with continued dry air could create critical fire weather conditions. A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 11 AM to 8 PM today. MNZ064-073-074-082-091-152000- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0005.240415T1600Z-240416T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0006.240415T1600Z-240416T0100Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Martin- 356 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064, 073, 074, 082, AND 091... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WIND... Southeast 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Ranging from the upper teens to low 20s. * 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. && $$ jrb
1 follow-up statement
414 WWUS83 KMPX 152031 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 331 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA MONDAY... .Relative humidity values have fallen into the low 20s this afternoon with wind gusts of 20-30 MPH. These conditions will continue into early this evening. MNZ064-073-074-082-091-160100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-240416T0100Z/ Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Martin- 331 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... * WIND... Southeast 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Ranging from the upper teens to low 20s. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 29 more | 28 hr |
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.