623  
WWUS83 KFSD 090204  
RFWFSD  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
904 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-091200-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0008.250511T1600Z-250512T0300Z/  
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-  
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-  
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-  
904 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING  
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90.  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA, LINCOLN, LYON, MURRAY,  
COTTONWOOD, NOBLES, JACKSON, PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH  
DAKOTA, BEADLE, KINGSBURY, BROOKINGS, JERAULD, SANBORN, MINER,  
LAKE, MOODY, BRULE, AURORA, DAVISON, HANSON, MCCOOK AND  
MINNEHAHA.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 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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