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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 15, 20266 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at Apr 15, 2026, 2:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2026, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2026, 1:28 AM CDT
In force
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 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2026-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2026-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 4:52 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 15 more4 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.