Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

802 
WWUS83 KFSD 092058
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
358 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING...RANGING
FROM 20 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR...HOT
TEMPERATURES AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN VEGETATION...WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA. CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH VERY DRY AIR AND STOUT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

SDZ255>258-100500-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120910T1500Z-120911T0300Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
358 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT
MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
255...256...257 AND 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 
  256...257 AND 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-100500-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120910T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
358 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 9 PM
CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 249...300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

800 
WWUS83 KFSD 100250
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
950 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING...RANGING
FROM 20 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR...HOT
TEMPERATURES AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN VEGETATION...WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA. CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH VERY DRY AIR AND STOUT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

SDZ255>258-101100-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120910T1500Z-120911T0300Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
950 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT
MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
255...256...257 AND 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 
  256...257 AND 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-101100-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120910T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
950 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 9 PM
CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 249...300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

396 
WWUS83 KFSD 100814
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
314 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

...RED FLAG WARNING ALSO IN EFFECT ON TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING...SETTLING
INTO A RANGE FROM 20 TO 35 MPH. IN FACT SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 TO
45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT IN VEGETATION...WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA. EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH VERY DRY AIR AND STOUT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY EAST OF I 29 BUT ALSO INCLUDING EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

SDZ255>258-101615-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120910T1500Z-120911T0300Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
314 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255...256...257 AND 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 
  256...257 AND 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH. SOME GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE QUITE
  POSSIBLE NEAR INTERSTATE 29.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AVERAGING 11 TO 21 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-101615-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120910T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
314 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 249...300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE QUITE
  POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AVERAGING 20 TO 25 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

740 
WWUS83 KFSD 101600
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1100 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

...RED FLAG WARNING ALSO IN EFFECT ON TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE
WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT IN VEGETATION...WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA. EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH VERY DRY AIR AND STOUT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY EAST OF I 29 BUT ALSO INCLUDING EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

SDZ255>258-110000-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120911T0300Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
1100 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
255...256...257 AND 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 
  256...257 AND 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-110000-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
1100 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...300...
301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SCHUMACHER

224 
WWUS83 KFSD 102158
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
458 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA... EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING OVER THE REST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FOR POTENTIAL
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND...

.GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING...EASING SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET. WINDS COMBINED
WITH VERY DRY AIR...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN
VEGETATION...WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THIS
AREA. SOME HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
INTO NORTHWEST IOWA...AS WELL AS JUST DOWNSTREAM...WILL CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE THE STRONGER GUSTS OVERNIGHT AS WELL AS WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITY.

EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY...WITH
VERY DRY AIR AND STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY EAST
OF I 29...BUT ALSO INCLUDING EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND FAR
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WHILE IT WILL ALSO BE VERY DRY THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...A FRONTAL ZONE WILL BE
PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA AND SHIFTING WINDS TO WEST AND NORTHWEST...AND
WILL PERHAPS KEEP WINDS FROM BEING STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE THE MOST
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SDZ258-110600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0019.120911T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120911T0300Z/
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
458 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
258...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 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 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ255>257-110600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0015.120911T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120911T0300Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
458 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
255...256 AND 257...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 255...256 AND 257...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 
  256 AND 257.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH INTO THE
  EVENING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING...BUT
  WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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-NEZ249-110600-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
458 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...300...
301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS SHOULD
  EASE SOMEWHAT AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT...BUT HIGHER EXPOSED
  LOCATIONS AND JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THOSE LOCATIONS WILL RETAIN
  STRONGER WIND GUSTS EVEN OVERNIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

CHAPMAN

929 
WWUS83 KFSD 110210
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
910 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA... EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING OVER THE REST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FOR POTENTIAL LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED EARLY THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET...
AND REMAIN GENERALLY A GUSTY 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29. WITH SOME SLIGHT RECOVERY IN HUMIDITY...THE RED
FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH DAKOTA PORTION OF
THE WARNING. HOWEVER...DESPITE WINDS DECREASING...IT IS LIKELY
THAT WINDS WILL RECOUPLE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND
DOWNSTREAM OF HIGHER TERRAIN IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST
IOWA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY...WITH
VERY DRY AIR AND STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...MAINLY EAST
OF I 29...BUT ALSO INCLUDING EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND FAR
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WHILE IT WILL ALSO BE VERY DRY THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...A FRONTAL ZONE WILL BE
PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA SHIFTING WINDS TO WEST AND NORTHWEST...
WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY LINGERING WHETHER WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG
ENOUGH TO CREATE THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SDZ258-111015-
/O.CAN.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120911T0300Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0019.120911T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
910 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
258...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ255>257-111015-
/O.CAN.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120911T0300Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0015.120911T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
910 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255...256 AND 257...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255...256 AND 257...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 
  256 AND 257.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...
  SHIFTING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WEST OF
  THE JAMES VALLEY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-111015-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
910 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...300...
301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCALLY
  STRONGER WINDS OVERNIGHT NEAR ELEVATED LOCATIONS AND JUST
  DOWNSTREAM WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

CHAPMAN

704 
WWUS83 KFSD 110827
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
327 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...

.A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THIS AREA
TODAY. BY EARLY EVENING...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT SHOULD
EXTEND THROUGH THE HEART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWESTWARD TO
EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE AIR MASS
WILL BE VERY DRY DAY AT ALL LOCATIONS TODAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY
VALUES WELL LESS THAN 25 PERCENT. THE WIND DIRECTION AND WIND SPEED 
ARE MORE OF A CHALLENGE. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE QUITE COMMON IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. BEHIND THE FRONT...
THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER...AVERAGING
15 TO 25 MPH FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA. IN THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
WILL AFFECT THE FIRE WEATHER ZONES ALONG AN AXIS FROM YANKTON...TO
SIOUX FALLS TO BROOKINGS WITH NOT ONLY A WIND SHIFT...BUT ALSO
THE WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY DECREASE TO A RANGE OF 10 TO 20 MPH.
HOWEVER DESPITE LESS WIND IN THESE ZONES...A RED FLAG WARNING IS
STILL WARRANTED DUE TO THE WIND SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHWEST...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY RECOVERY
MONDAY NIGHT. ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AT
ALL LOCATIONS WITH ON GOING SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS.


SDZ255-256-111630-
/O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0015.120911T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120911T1500Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
327 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 255 AND 256...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 
  256.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
  NORTHWEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS...AND AVERAGING
  15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ257-111630-
/O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0015.120911T1500Z-120912T0200Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.FW.W.0018.120911T1500Z-120912T0000Z/
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
327 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 257...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING...
  BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ258-111630-
/O.EXT.KFSD.FW.W.0019.120911T1500Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
327 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING...
  BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT REMAINING
  QUITE BREEZY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR SIOUX CITY. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-111630-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
327 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...
300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
  UP TO 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

592 
WWUS83 KFSD 111528
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1028 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...

.A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THIS AREA
TODAY. BY EARLY EVENING...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT SHOULD
EXTEND THROUGH THE HEART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWESTWARD
TO EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE AIR
MASS WILL BE VERY DRY DAY AT ALL LOCATIONS TODAY WITH MINIMUM
HUMIDITY VALUES WELL LESS THAN 25 PERCENT. THE WIND DIRECTION AND
WIND SPEED ARE MORE OF A CHALLENGE. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE QUITE COMMON IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
BEHIND THE FRONT... THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND WILL BE A
LITTLE LIGHTER...AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. IN THE MID AND LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS...THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL AFFECT THE FIRE
WEATHER ZONES ALONG AN AXIS FROM YANKTON...TO SIOUX FALLS TO
BROOKINGS WITH NOT ONLY A WIND SHIFT...BUT ALSO THE WIND SPEEDS
WILL LIKELY DECREASE TO A RANGE OF 10 TO 20 MPH. HOWEVER DESPITE
LESS WIND IN THESE ZONES...A RED FLAG WARNING IS STILL WARRANTED
DUE TO THE WIND SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST...LOW
HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY RECOVERY MONDAY NIGHT. ALSO
KEEP IN MIND THAT FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AT ALL LOCATIONS WITH
ON GOING SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

SDZ255-256-112330-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
1028 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND
256...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 
  256.

* WINDS...WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
  NORTHWEST BY THE MIDDAY HOURS...AND AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-112330-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
1028 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...
300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ258-112330-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
1028 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...
  BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT REMAINING
  QUITE BREEZY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR SIOUX CITY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ257-112330-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
1028 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING...
  BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

454 
WWUS83 KFSD 112124
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT SLICING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AT MID
AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT...AND BY EARLY THIS EVENING...
WILL STRETCH FROM THE HEART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWESTWARD
TO EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT...
EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND WITH LATE AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE VERY LOW HUMIDITY TO
CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG...BUT STILL A GUSTY 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...
KEEP IN MIND THAT FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AT ALL LOCATIONS WITH
ONGOING SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

SDZ255-256-120000-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND
256...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 
  256.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-120200-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...
300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ258-120000-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
  SHIFTING TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ257-120000-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257.

* WINDS...WEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...SHIFTING
  NORTHWEST LATE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

CHAPMAN

130 
WWUS83 KFSD 120004
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
704 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES FOR SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES AT
7 PM CDT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.A STRONG COLD WAS LOCATED AT EARLY EVENING FROM NEAR TRACY
MINNESOTA...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS...TO NEAR YANKTON.
EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND THROUGH EARLY EVENING
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT. GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE
VERY LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS YET THIS EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY GRADUALLY RECOVERING ABOVE 25 PERCENT.

WINDS HAVE SHIFTED NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT AFTER A BRIEF
GUSTY PERIOD AT THE PASSAGE...SHOULD SETTLE TO AROUND 10 MPH...
WHICH WILL ALLOW EXPIRING THE RED FLAG WARNING OVER THE SOUTH
DAKOTA FIRE WEATHER ZONES. HOWEVER...KEEP IN MIND THAT FUELS ARE
EXTREMELY DRY AT ALL LOCATIONS WITH ONGOING SEVERE TO EXTREME
DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

SDZ255-256-120115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-
704 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 256...

DIMINISHED WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO
EXPIRE AT 7 PM. CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERING SLOWLY TO ABOVE 25 PERCENT.

$$

SDZ258-120115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
704 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258...

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS
EVENING...SHIFTING WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST. WITH DIMINISHED
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...THIS WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO
EXPIRE AT 7 PM. CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERING SLOWLY TO ABOVE 25 PERCENT.

$$

SDZ257-120115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
704 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257...

DIMINISHED WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO
EXPIRE AT 7 PM. CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERING SLOWLY TO ABOVE 25 PERCENT.

$$

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-120200-
/O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
704 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...
300...301 AND 900...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN 
  MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 249.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 16 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY 
  VEGETATION WITH SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL 
  COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH FIRE IGNITION POTENTIAL AND EXPLOSIVE 
  FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

CHAPMAN

806 
WWUS83 KFSD 120155
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...DIMINISHING WINDS DIMINISHING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS EVENING...

.A FRONTAL ZONE WAS LOCATED FROM COMFREY TO HAWARDEN TO VERMILLION
AT MID EVENING. WINDS BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RECOVERED
TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT...EXPECT REMAINING NEAR 20 PERCENT IN THE
LOWER BRULE AREA. 

IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-120300-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120912T0200Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
855 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...300...
301 AND 900...

LIMITED HUMIDITY RECOVERY AND DIMINISHED WINDS HAS ALLOWED THE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PASS THIS EVENING. FUELS
REMAIN CRITICALLY DRY...AND A WIND SHIFT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT.

$$