942
WWUS83 KFSD 280243
RFWFSD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
943 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0006.260328T1500Z-260329T0200Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-UNION-
943 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND NORTHWEST
IOWA...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA, LYON, OSCEOLA, DICKINSON, SIOUX,
O'BRIEN, CLAY, PLYMOUTH, CHEROKEE, BUENA VISTA, WOODBURY AND
IDA. IN MINNESOTA, LINCOLN, LYON, MURRAY, COTTONWOOD, NOBLES,
JACKSON, PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NEBRASKA, DIXON AND DAKOTA. IN
SOUTH DAKOTA, BEADLE, KINGSBURY, BROOKINGS, GREGORY, JERAULD,
SANBORN, MINER, LAKE, MOODY, BRULE, AURORA, DAVISON, HANSON,
MCCOOK, MINNEHAHA, CHARLES MIX, DOUGLAS, HUTCHINSON, TURNER,
LINCOLN, BON HOMME, YANKTON, CLAY AND UNION.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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