816  
WWUS83 KABR 210616  
RFWABR  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
116 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026  
 
SDZ015>018-033>037-045-048-051-211430-  
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.A.0007.260422T1800Z-260423T0100Z/  
DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-  
LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
116 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026 /1216 AM MDT TUE APR 21 2026/  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL  
SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA, DEWEY, POTTER, FAULK, SPINK,  
STANLEY, SULLY, HUGHES, HYDE, HAND, JONES, LYMAN AND BUFFALO.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 15 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME  
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL OR SUPPRESS.  
 
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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