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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 13, 2007

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2007, 4:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2007, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS83 KFSD 132124
RFWFSD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
424 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

...EXTREME FIRE DANGER FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA...

.A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA.

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-140100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0002.070513T2124Z-070514T0100Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
424 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...COMBINED WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 20 TO
25 PERCENT WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE DANGER THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION
OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
RSR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS83 KFSD 140100
RFWFSD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT...

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-140200-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070514T0100Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
800 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CONTINUE TO
CLIMB. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS CREATING AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
RISK. 

$$
BT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:15 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more10 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Iowa, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.