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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1125 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SDZ325-326-332>335-270830-
/O.NEW.KUNR.FW.A.0006.260328T1500Z-260329T0200Z/
CUSTER COUNTY PLAINS-PINE RIDGE AREA-BADLANDS AREA-
BENNETT COUNTY AREA-MELLETTE AND TODD COUNTIES-TRIPP COUNTY-
1125 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2026 /1225 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 325, 326, 332, 333, 334, AND 335...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WOULD PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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