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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
225 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...
...RED FLAG WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW
AS 15 PERCENT, WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND
BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
TONIGHT, HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND MUCH OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS COMBINED
WITH CONTINUED BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE SAME AREAS WILL THEN SEE MONDAY
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT, WHILE BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS LINGER, THUS CONTINUING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
FOR THESE REASONS, A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN THESE
AREAS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
NDZ022-023-025-035>037-045>048-050-051-120600-
/O.EXT.KBIS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250513T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
225 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2025 /125 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2025/
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND MUCH OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...
* WINDS...SOUTH 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS
EVENING, DIMINISHING SOME AT NIGHT, THEN RETURNING MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
LOOK FOR POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT, WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA, AND MUCH OF
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.
NDZ005-012-013-021-034-042-120300-
/O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250512T0300Z/
ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT-
225 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2025 /125 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2025/
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* WINDS...SOUTH 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.
* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
* 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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