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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
200 AM MDT MON MAR 9 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 315, 317, AND 322...
.AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON, WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DIP AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. THESE WEATHER ELEMENTS
COMBINED WITH CURED FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
SDZ322-WYZ315-317-100000-
/O.NEW.KUNR.FW.W.0004.260309T1800Z-260310T0000Z/
FALL RIVER COUNTY AREA-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTON COUNTY PLAINS-
200 AM MDT MON MAR 9 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 315, 317, AND 322...
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 NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 315 SOUTHERN CAMPBELL, 317
WESTON COUNTY PLAINS AND 322 FALL RIVER COUNTY AREA.
* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 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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