758  
WWUS83 KFSD 120819  
RFWFSD  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
319 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2025  
 
NEZ013-SDZ038-050-052>054-057>061-063>066-068>070-121800-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0002.250313T1800Z-250314T0100Z/  
DIXON-BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-  
HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-  
YANKTON-CLAY-  
319 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2025  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF  
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST  
NEBRASKA...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA, DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BEADLE,  
GREGORY, JERAULD, SANBORN, MINER, BRULE, AURORA, DAVISON,  
HANSON, MCCOOK, CHARLES MIX, DOUGLAS, HUTCHINSON, TURNER, BON  
HOMME, YANKTON AND CLAY.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD  
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE  
RED FLAG WARNINGS.  
 
 
 
 
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