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WWUS83 KFSD 090839
SPSFSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
339 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-064>067-
100100-
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TYLER, HENDRICKS, LAKE BENTON, IVANHOE,
MARSHALL, SLAYTON, FULDA, WINDOM, MOUNTAIN LAKE, WORTHINGTON,
JACKSON, LAKEFIELD, PIPESTONE, LUVERNE, HURON, DE SMET,
ARLINGTON, LAKE PRESTON, BROOKINGS, WESSINGTON SPRINGS, ALPENA,
WOONSOCKET, HOWARD, MADISON, ORLAND, FLANDREAU, CHAMBERLAIN,
KIMBALL, PLANKINTON, WHITE LAKE, STICKNEY, MITCHELL, ALEXANDRIA,
EMERY, SALEM, CANISTOTA, BRIDGEWATER, MONTROSE, SIOUX FALLS,
ARMOUR, CORSICA, DELMONT, PARKSTON, FREEMAN, MENNO, TRIPP,
CLAYTON, PARKER, CENTERVILLE, MARION, VIBORG, IRENE, HURLEY,
CHANCELLOR, CANTON, LENNOX, TEA, AND HARRISBURG
339 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025
...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND
BREEZY WINDS FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
HUMIDITY LEVELS AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT. COUPLED WITH BREEZY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20-25 MPH, FIRE DANGER
CONDITIONS MAY REACH NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS. FIRE DANGER WILL BE
GREATEST IN LOCALIZED AREAS WHERE GRASSES ARE STILL RECEPTIVE TO
FIRE STARTS AND SPREAD.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONGER ERRATIC WINDS, WITH A POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN
CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING
TODAY.
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