".. RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING."
What, you ask, is a red flag warning? (That part comes at the end of the notice...)
"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."
Now we know. And we have a new tag to go with threat of hail and threat of frost. Threat of fire.
