Red Flag Warning for northwest Minnesota

By Jim Johnson Apr 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM

(KNOX) – The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 18 counties in northwest Minnesota effective immediately through 7 p.m. due to extreme fire risk conditions.
Affected counties include Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Wadena, and Wilkin.
A Red Flag Warning means fires can spread quickly and easily progress out of control under the current weather conditions, including strong wind and low relative humidity. Residents should not burn in those counties where a Red Flag Warning is in effect and should check any recent burning they may have done to ensure the fire is completely out.
The DNR will not issue or activate open burning permits for large vegetative debris burning during the Red Flag Warning, and campfires are discouraged.
Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Nelson, Traill, Walsh, Barnes, Richland and Cass counties in North Dakota are under a wind advisory until 7 p.m.

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