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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
949 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SDZ325-326-332>335-272000-
/O.CON.KUNR.FW.A.0006.260328T1500Z-260329T0200Z/
CUSTER COUNTY PLAINS-PINE RIDGE AREA-BADLANDS AREA-
BENNETT COUNTY AREA-MELLETTE AND TODD COUNTIES-TRIPP COUNTY-
949 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2026 /1049 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS 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...
* 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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