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WWUS83 KFSD 121747
RFWFSD
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1247 PM CDT WED MAR 12 2025
NEZ013-SDZ038-050-052>054-057>061-063>066-068>070-130400-
/O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0002.250313T1800Z-250314T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0005.250313T1800Z-250314T0100Z/
DIXON-BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY-
1247 PM CDT WED MAR 12 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA, DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BEADLE,
GREGORY, JERAULD, SANBORN, MINER, BRULE, AURORA, DAVISON,
HANSON, MCCOOK, CHARLES MIX, DOUGLAS, HUTCHINSON, TURNER, BON
HOMME, YANKTON AND CLAY.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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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