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WWUS83 KFSD 090829  
RFWFSD  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
329 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025  
 
IAZ001-002-012-SDZ063>071-091630-  
/O.EXA.KFSD.FW.A.0008.250511T1600Z-250512T0300Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-  
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-  
329 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH  
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST  
SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA...  
 
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 IOWA, LYON, OSCEOLA AND SIOUX. IN SOUTH  
DAKOTA, CHARLES MIX, DOUGLAS, HUTCHINSON, TURNER, LINCOLN, BON  
HOMME, YANKTON, CLAY AND UNION.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-091630-  
/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-  
329 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING  
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST  
IOWA...  
 
* 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 15 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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