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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
129 PM MST THU NOV 13 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST TO
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
.WARM AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY, BRINGING DRY
AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TOMORROW. ACROSS SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT.
WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MORNING, WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO
35 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
SDZ322-325-326-332>335-141130-
/O.NEW.KUNR.FW.W.0013.251114T1600Z-251115T0000Z/
FALL RIVER COUNTY AREA-CUSTER COUNTY PLAINS-PINE RIDGE AREA-
BADLANDS AREA-BENNETT COUNTY AREA-MELLETTE AND TODD COUNTIES-
TRIPP COUNTY-
129 PM MST THU NOV 13 2025 /229 PM CST THU NOV 13 2025/
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ TO 5 PM
MST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 322, 325, 326, 332, 333, 334, AND 335...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 322 FALL RIVER COUNTY AREA,
325 CUSTER COUNTY PLAINS, 326 PINE RIDGE AREA, 332 BADLANDS
AREA, 333 BENNETT COUNTY AREA, 334 MELLETTE AND TODD COUNTIES
AND 335 TRIPP COUNTY.
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WOULD PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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