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FNUS63 KFSD 241025
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
525 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
DISCUSSION
BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST
IOWA SHOULD END BY LATE MORNING AS DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR THE RAIN MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA. A COOL FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE
FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
REGION. ASIDE FROM SOME COOLER AIR OVER NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE WAKE
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND SHOULD
BE CLOSE TO LATE JULY NORMALS WITH WINDS GENERALLY ON THE LIGHT SIDE.
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098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-242115-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
525 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
..LOW FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A HIGH
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES...SMALL
TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT
THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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