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WWUS83 KBIS 110247
RFWBIS
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
947 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY...
.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA INCLUDING THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT, WITH SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. ANY FIRES THAT
IGNITE COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
NDZ005-012-013-021>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-111500-
/O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0008.250511T1600Z-250512T0300Z/
ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-
BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
947 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2025 /847 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2025/
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...
* WINDS...SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.
* AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL OR SUPPRESS.
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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