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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
731 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN
WESTERN, CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.CLEARING SKIES AND A DEEP MIXING LAYER WILL PROMOTE INCREASING WIND
GUSTS HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS FROM 30-35MPH EXPECTED
FROM EARLY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE IN
THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S, WHICH ALONGSIDE THE INCREASING WIND GUSTS
WILL RESULT IN 4 TO 5 HOUR WINDOW OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS. BURNING IS
DISCOURAGED TODAY AS ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY.
MNZ041>045-047>051-054>057-082300-
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DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
731 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING.
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
* TIMING...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 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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