Alert archive / Iowa / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at May 6, 2011, 3:11 AM CDT. It took effect at May 6, 2011, 12:00 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 6, 2011, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
691 WWUS83 KFSD 060811 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 311 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ...RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY AND WARM WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT...WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S...AND SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WEATHER FACTORS WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ900-060915- /O.CAN.KFSD.FW.A.0001.110506T1800Z-110507T0100Z/ SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA- 311 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ IAZ300-301-062015- /O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0001.110506T1800Z-110507T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0004.110506T1700Z-110506T2300Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- 311 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300 NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS. * WIND...SOUTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START IN LINGERING DORMANT GRASSES OR ELSEWHERE WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY IF THESE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS
2 follow-up statements
603 WWUS83 KFSD 061530 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1030 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ...RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY AND WARM WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT...WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S...AND SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WEATHER FACTORS WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ300-301-062300- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0004.110506T1700Z-110506T2300Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- 1030 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300 NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS. * WIND...SOUTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START IN LINGERING DORMANT GRASSES OR ELSEWHERE WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY IF THESE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS
747 WWUS83 KFSD 062306 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 606 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 IAZ300-301-070015- /O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110506T2300Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- 606 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. W $$ SCHUMACHER HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS
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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.