Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Aug 28, 2012, 3:59 AM CDT. It took effect at Aug 28, 2012, 2:00 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
- Aug 28, 2012, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WWUS83 KFSD 280859 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 359 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE VERY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... .VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING BY LATE DAY INTO THE LOWER BRULE AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AREAS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND REACH 15 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO AROUND 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. WITH VEGETATION RAVAGED BY DROUGHT CONDITIONS...CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AS FAR WEST AS PARKSTON AND AVON...AND EAST TO THE IOWA BORDER. ON WEDNESDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD AND STALL NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. CONDITIONS SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY BY AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN FEATURE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. WITH THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE LOCATION OF THIS BOUNDARY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GENERALLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH MOST DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN MORE LIKELY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER. IT IS LIKELY THAT FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL AGAIN BE CRITICAL IN MANY AREAS ON THURSDAY AS THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD... AND THE ENTIRE AREA PUSHES INTO THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS SHOULD BRING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. NEZ249-SDZ258-281700- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0013.120828T1900Z-120829T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0012.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 359 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. POSTPONE OUTDOOR BURNING. FIGHTING FIRES AT THE FLANKS IS RECOMMENDED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SDZ255-281700- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0012.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- 359 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255. * WINDS...SOUTH 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CHAPMAN
2 follow-up statements
273 WWUS83 KFSD 281610 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1110 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE VERY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... .VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING BY LATE DAY INTO THE LOWER BRULE AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AREAS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND REACH 15 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO AROUND 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. WITH VEGETATION RAVAGED BY DROUGHT CONDITIONS...CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AS FAR WEST AS PARKSTON AND AVON...AND EAST TO THE IOWA BORDER. ON WEDNESDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD AND STALL NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. CONDITIONS SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY BY AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN FEATURE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. WITH THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE LOCATION OF THIS BOUNDARY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GENERALLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH MOST DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN MORE LIKELY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER. IT IS LIKELY THAT FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL AGAIN BE CRITICAL IN MANY AREAS ON THURSDAY AS THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD... AND THE ENTIRE AREA PUSHES INTO THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS SHOULD BRING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. NEZ249-SDZ258-282200- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0013.120828T1900Z-120829T0100Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0012.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 1110 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. POSTPONE OUTDOOR BURNING. FIGHTING FIRES AT THE FLANKS IS RECOMMENDED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SDZ255-282200- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0012.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- 1110 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255... * AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
545 WWUS83 KFSD 282104 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 404 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE VERY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... .VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE LOWER BRULE AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AREAS. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO AROUND 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. WITH VEGETATION RAVAGED BY DROUGHT CONDITIONS...CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AS FAR WEST AS PARKSTON AND AVON...AND EAST TO THE IOWA BORDER. ON WEDNESDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD AND STALL NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. CONDITIONS SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY BY AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. WITH THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE LOCATION OF THIS BOUNDARY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GENERALLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH MOST DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN MORE LIKELY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER. FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL AGAIN BE CRITICAL IN MANY AREAS ON THURSDAY AS THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD... AND THE ENTIRE AREA PUSHES INTO THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NEZ249-SDZ258-290515- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0013.120830T1700Z-120831T0200Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120829T0100Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0012.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 404 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249 AND 258... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. POSTPONE OUTDOOR BURNING. FIGHTING FIRES AT THE FLANKS IS RECOMMENDED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ IAZ300-301-MNZ900-SDZ257-290515- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0013.120830T1700Z-120831T0200Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA- MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 404 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 257...300...301 AND 900... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SDZ255-290515- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0012.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- 404 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255... * AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:59 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 24 hr | |
| Aug 28, 4:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 36 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.