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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 9, 2012

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this fire weather watch at Mar 9, 2012, 3:33 AM CST. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2012, 3:33 AM CST (09:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 9, 2012, 3:47 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Mar 9, 3:05 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:05 AM CST, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 3:27 AM CST, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0327 AM CST FRI MAR 09 2012

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-101200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
0327 AM CST FRI MAR 09 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FIRE DANGER...
MILD TEMPERATURES...DORMANT VEGETATION AND GUSTY SOUTH WIND
WILL YIELD A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY
ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH TEMPERATURES
CLIMB INTO THE 60S TO LOWER 70S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS TO 20
TO 35 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:47 PM CSTFire Weather WatchFSD12 hr
Mar 9, 3:47 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFSD26 hr

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.