363  
WWUS83 KFSD 132038  
RFWFSD  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
338 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2025  
 
IAZ001-002-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-  
052>071-140200-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-250514T0200Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-  
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-  
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-  
UNION-  
338 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2025  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING  
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...  
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA...  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA, LYON, OSCEOLA AND SIOUX. IN  
MINNESOTA, LINCOLN, LYON, MURRAY, COTTONWOOD, NOBLES, JACKSON,  
PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BEADLE, KINGSBURY,  
BROOKINGS, GREGORY, JERAULD, SANBORN, MINER, LAKE, MOODY,  
BRULE, AURORA, DAVISON, HANSON, MCCOOK, MINNEHAHA, CHARLES  
MIX, DOUGLAS, HUTCHINSON, TURNER, LINCOLN, BON HOMME, YANKTON,  
CLAY AND UNION.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD  
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 CAN  
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.  
 

 
 

 
 
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