pecial Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 444 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016
MNZ043>045-050>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-142300- MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 444 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016
...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...
THE COMBINATION OF SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. DRY GRASSES AND BRUSH STILL EXIST ACROSS THE REGION AND ANY FIRE COULD SPREAD QUICKLY.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1256 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 151800- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1256 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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JRB