HOT. With fire risk.

• This warning pinged both of our phones at 4:44am...

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• Issued by The National Weather Service

  Minneapolis, MN

  4:44am CDT, Thu Apr 14
... 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.