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WWUS83 KMPX 161437
RFWMPX
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
937 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...
.TEMPERATURES INCREASING INTO THE UPPER 70S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT, COUPLED WITH WINDS INCREASING TO
10-15MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS EXCEEDING 25MPH THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF
THE SOUTH. THE WINDOW FOR WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH CLOSER TO SUNSET
AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL, ALLOWING FOR THE WORST CONDITIONS TO
END AFTER 01Z.
MNZ042-049-170100-
/O.EXB.KMPX.FW.W.0002.260416T1900Z-260417T0100Z/
TODD-STEARNS-
937 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
* AFFECTED AREA...TODD AND STEARNS.
* TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 24 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-170100-
/O.CON.KMPX.FW.W.0002.260416T1600Z-260417T0100Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
937 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
* TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 17 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
TDH
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