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WWUS83 KFSD 090946
SPSFSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
446 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025
IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
064>067-100100-
LYON-LINCOLN-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 ROCK RAPIDS, GEORGE, INWOOD, LARCHWOOD,
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
446 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 WILL ALSO BRING A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 40
TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.
CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING
TODAY.
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