Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at May 5, 2008, 3:35 AM CDT. It took effect at May 5, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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 5, 2008, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KFSD 050835 RFWFSD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 335 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SHORT NATIVE GRASSES HAVE BEGUN TO GREEN UP...HOWEVER...TALL GRASSES AND CATTAILS STILL REMAIN RELATIVELY DORMANT DUE TO THE COOL SPRING CONDITIONS. AS GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOP THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM WELL INTO THE 70S RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. IAZ301-MNZ900-SDZ257-051645- /O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0002.080505T1900Z-080506T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0002.080505T1900Z-080506T0100Z/ IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA- MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 335 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER AND MID 70S WILL PRODUCE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. $$ BT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KFSD 051646 RFWFSD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1146 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SHORT NATIVE GRASSES HAVE BEGUN TO GREEN UP...HOWEVER...TALL GRASSES AND CATTAILS STILL REMAIN RELATIVELY DORMANT DUE TO THE COOL SPRING CONDITIONS. AS GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOP THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WELL INTO THE 70S...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. SOME AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WILL SEE A SUDDEN PICKUP OF THE WINDS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE STRONG HEATING REACHES THE POINT WHERE MIXING OF THE AIR AFFECTS THE SURFACE. IAZ301-MNZ900-SDZ257-060100- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0002.080505T1900Z-080506T0100Z/ IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA- MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 1146 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER AND MID 70S WILL PRODUCE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY FROM LIGHT IN SOME AREAS AS THE LOWER AIR HEATS TO THE MIXING THRESHOLD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS83 KFSD 060105 RFWFSD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 805 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 .RED FLAG CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXIST...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IAZ301-MNZ900-SDZ257-060215- /O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080506T0100Z/ IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA- MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 805 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RED FLAG CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXIST...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE THIS EVENING. $$ LIEBL
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.