Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2025
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2025, 2:27 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT. 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 10, 2025, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
086 WWUS83 KMPX 100727 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 227 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A record warm airmass with highs in the low 70s, combined with afternoon dew points dropping into the 20s, will lead to humidity values falling to 15 to 25 percent by late afternoon. West winds will increase through the afternoon with gusts up to 35 mph by early evening. These conditions will lead to critical thresholds being met. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-101530- /O.UPG.KMPX.FW.A.0001.250310T1900Z-250311T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.250310T1900Z-250311T0100Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine- 227 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 to 8 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WIND...West increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && 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. && $$ MNZ058-065-073-101530- /O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0001.250310T1900Z-250311T0100Z/ Meeker-Renville-Redwood- 227 AM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 to 8 PM CDT this evening. * WIND...West increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
1 follow-up statement
458 WWUS83 KMPX 102001 RFWMPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 301 PM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A record warm airmass with highs in the low 70s, combined with afternoon dew points dropping into the 20s, will lead to humidity values falling to 15 to 25 percent by late afternoon. West winds will increase through the afternoon with gusts up to 35 mph by early evening. These conditions will lead to critical thresholds being met. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-110100- /O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250311T0100Z/ Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville-Redwood- 301 PM CDT Mon Mar 10 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * WIND...West increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY...15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. 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. && $$
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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.