RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA... WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT.

* WINDS... SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... 20 PERCENT OR LESS.

* IMPACTS... FIRES COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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... VERY LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARNING REMAINS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP QUICKLY AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY... AND WILL OCCUR ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS TO 20 PERCENT OR LESS. GRASSES..BRUSH AND CROPS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRES COULD SPREAD QUICKLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.