The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for several counties in parts of northwest, west central, and southwestern Minnesota due to extreme fire risk conditions on Monday, March 10.
- Effective 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. affected counties include Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena, and Wilkin.
- Effective 2:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. affected counties include Big Stone and Traverse.
- Effective 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. affected counties include Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Todd, and Yellow Medicine.
- Effective 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. affected counties include Lincoln and Lyon.
A warm air system bringing warmer temps, strong gusty winds up to 45 mph and low relative humidity will result in critical fire weather conditions today. Check any recent pile burning and drown, stir, repeat until the heat is out cold. Fires that develop will spread rapidly in these dangerous fire weather conditions. Call 911 immediately from a safe location if you spot a wildfire.
To view the official alert visit www.weather.gov.
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