Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2024
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Oct 5, 2024, 3:54 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 5, 2024, 1:00 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
- Oct 5, 2024, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 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
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 2634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
851 WWUS83 KMPX 050854 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 354 AM CDT Sat Oct 5 2024 ...THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TO BRING RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A cold front will pass through west central MN around noon today. Southwest winds will become west-northwest behind the front, with the winds gusting to as high as 40 mph this afternoon. To go with those winds, afternoon humidity values are expected to fall to between 20 and 25 percent, resulting in critical fire weather conditions. MNZ047-054>056-064-073-051700- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0008.241005T1800Z-241006T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0009.241005T1800Z-241006T0100Z/ Stevens-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Redwood- 354 AM CDT Sat Oct 5 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WIND...South shifting to the west sustained at 20-25 mph gusting to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
756 WWUS83 KMPX 051718 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1218 PM CDT Sat Oct 5 2024 ...THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TO BRING RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A cold front will pass through west central MN around noon today. Southwest winds will become west-northwest behind the front, with the winds gusting to as high as 40 mph this afternoon. To go with those winds, afternoon humidity values are expected to fall to between 20 and 25 percent, resulting in critical fire weather conditions. MNZ047-054>056-064-073-060100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0009.241005T1800Z-241006T0100Z/ Stevens-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Redwood- 1218 PM CDT Sat Oct 5 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * WIND...South shifting to the west sustained at 20-25 mph gusting to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 20 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope, Sherburne and 4 more | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.