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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
154 AM CDT THU APR 23 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN MINNESOTA...
..TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 70S TODAY ALONG WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING UNDER 25 PERCENT, STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY
FUELS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BURNING IS
DISCOURAGED TODAY AS ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY.
MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-231900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FW.W.0005.260423T1800Z-260424T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
154 AM CDT THU APR 23 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING.
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
* TIMING...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 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.
JPC
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