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WWUS83 KFSD 211148
RFWFSD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
648 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026
SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-212100-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0009.260422T1600Z-260423T0100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
648 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BEADLE, GREGORY, JERAULD,
SANBORN, BRULE, AURORA, DAVISON, HANSON, CHARLES MIX, DOUGLAS,
HUTCHINSON, BON HOMME AND YANKTON.
* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 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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