Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Sep 27, 2009, 3:33 AM CDT. It took effect at Sep 27, 2009, 1:00 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
- Sep 27, 2009, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2009, 7:00 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 270833 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 333 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FROM THE JAMES VALLEY SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SDZ256-270945- /O.CAN.KFSD.FW.A.0002.090927T1800Z-090928T0000Z/ MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- 333 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN SOUTH DAKOTA...256 DUE TO SLIGHTLY COOLER EXPECTED HIGH TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITY...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...PRODUCE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL STILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NEZ249-SDZ255-258-271645- /O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0002.090927T1800Z-090928T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0003.090927T1800Z-090928T0000Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 333 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN SOUTH DAKOTA...255...258 IN NEBRASKA...249 NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS83 KFSD 271539 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1039 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT. A STRONG PUSH OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LIKELY KEEP TEMPERATURES MID 60S TO AROUND 70 THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ALSO POUR INTO THE AREA... DROPPING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FROM THE LOWER BRULE AREA...THROUGH THE LOWER JAMES VALLEY INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. NEZ249-SDZ255-258-272345- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0003.090927T1800Z-090928T0000Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 1039 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN SOUTH DAKOTA...255...258 IN NEBRASKA...249 NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BRING COOLER...BUT MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY AIR...COMBINED WITH DRY FINE FUELS...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ JH
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2009Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.