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Fire Weather Watch 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 8, 2012

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this fire weather watch at Apr 8, 2012, 1:59 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2012, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2012, 3:36 AM CDT
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 Apr 8, 1:03 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 1:03 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
430 AM CDT SUN APR 08 2012

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-091200-
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-
427 AM CDT SUN APR 08 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FIRE DANGER...
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO CONTINUED VERY DRY WEATHER
AND TALL VEGETATION...AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS. RED FLAG
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURES...
PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS LATE TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LOW TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING ARE LIKELY LATE MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE GREATEST HARD FREEZE DANGER SHOULD BE IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND IN THE EAST EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.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.

WILLIAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 3:07 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFSD17 hr
Apr 8, 2:05 PM CDTFreeze WatchFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more14 hr

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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.