Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2012, 4:21 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 2, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Oct 2, 2012, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
477 WWUS83 KFSD 020921 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 421 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FOR DRY VEGETATION...LOW HUMIDITY...AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND INCREASE RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND CONTINUED VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL BE FACTORS OVER ALL OF THE AREA. THE INCREASING WINDS WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND IN MOST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THAT IS ALSO WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL ABATE AS SUNSET APPROACHES. SDZ255-256-021730- /O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0019.121002T1900Z-121003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0024.121002T1900Z-121003T0000Z/ LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- 421 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...DRY VEGETATION...AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 256... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...DRY VEGETATION...AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON 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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ MNZ900-SDZ257-021730- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0024.121002T1900Z-121003T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 421 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...DRY VEGETATION...AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 257 AND 900... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...DRY VEGETATION...AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257. * WINDS...SOUTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
585 WWUS83 KFSD 021914 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 214 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FOR DRY VEGETATION...LOW HUMIDITY...AND BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE EXTREMELY DRY THIS AFTERNOON... RANGING FROM ABOUT 15 TO 20 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 30 MPH IN THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION. AS SUNSET APPROACHES...THE WINDS WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THREAT. MNZ900-SDZ255>257-030000- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 214 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 256...257 AND 900... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255...256 AND 257. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
443 WWUS83 KFSD 022022 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 322 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FOR DRY VEGETATION...LOW HUMIDITY...AND BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...AND VERY DRY HUMIDITY VALUES ONCE AGAIN... .IN THE NEAR TERM...AREAS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL EXPERIENCE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 7 PM FOR THOSE AREAS. ON WEDNESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE NEAR JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND WILL BE VERY STRONG...AVERAGING 25 TO 45 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS WILL BE COUPLED WITH HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO NEAR 25 PERCENT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH ROUGHLY FROM AREAS AROUND YANKTON AND POINTS EASTWARD. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 18 TO PERCENT. SDZ255-030430- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0020.121003T1800Z-121004T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- 322 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255... ...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 WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THEN ON WEDNESDAY...WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THEN ON WEDNESDAY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ MNZ900-SDZ256-257-030000- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 322 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 256... 257 AND 900... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MINNESOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 256 AND 257. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ IAZ300-301-NEZ249-SDZ258-030430- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.A.0020.121003T1800Z-121004T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 322 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...258...300 AND 301... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 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.