Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD

863 
WWUS83 KABR 270233
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
933 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...DRY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WINDS TUESDAY...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA WILL PRODUCE VERY
STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY.
THESE STRONG WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH ALREADY DRY CONDITIONS
WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE
BEHAVIOR. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

SDZ267>271-271045-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0005.120327T1600Z-120328T0000Z/
LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-
MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER-
933 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /833 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 267... 
  268...269...270 AND 271.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

MOHR

853 
WWUS83 KABR 270906
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
406 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...DRY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WINDS TODAY...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA WILL PRODUCE VERY
STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY.
THESE STRONG WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH ALREADY DRY CONDITIONS
WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE
BEHAVIOR. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

SDZ267>271-271715-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0005.120327T1600Z-120328T0000Z/
LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-
MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER-
406 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /306 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 267...268...269...
270 AND 271...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 267... 
  268...269...270 AND 271.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

019 
WWUS83 KABR 271655
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1155 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...DRY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WINDS TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL PRODUCE
VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY.
THESE STRONG WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH ALREADY DRY CONDITIONS
WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

SDZ267>271-280000-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/
LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-
MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER-
1155 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /1055 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 267... 
  268...269...270 AND 271.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
  SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE 20S
  BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HIGHER READINGS IN THE 30S TO AROUND
  40 PERCENT CLOSER TO THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AND FARTHER EAST
  ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$
TMT

502 
WWUS83 KABR 272006
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
306 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED...

.GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS AND WILL THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES HAVE REMAINED A BIT HIGHER THAN FORECAST. SO...ALTHOUGH
WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON CREATING A
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...VERY LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SDZ267>271-272115-
/O.CAN.KABR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/
LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE-UPPER MISSOURI COTEAU-
MISSOURI COTEAU-UPPER JAMES RIVER-
306 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /206 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 267...268...269...270 AND 271...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

$$
TMT