Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2012, 2:05 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 1:00 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
- Oct 16, 2012, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WWUS83 KFSD 161905 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 205 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ON WEDNESDAY... A STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT... USHERING IN MUCH COOLER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION...WILL ALLOW ANY GRASS FIRES TO BECOME FAST MOVING AND INTENSE. HIGHER HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER DESPITE THE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS. IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ255>258-170315- /O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0023.121017T1800Z-121018T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0029.121017T1800Z-121018T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 205 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255... 256...257...258 AND 300... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300. IN NEBRASKA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 256...257 AND 258. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
805 WWUS83 KFSD 170203 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 903 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ON WEDNESDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT... USHERING IN MUCH COOLER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THESE CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION...WILL ALLOW ANY GRASS FIRES TO BECOME FAST MOVING AND INTENSE. HIGHER HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER DESPITE THE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS. IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ255>258-171015- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0029.121017T1800Z-121018T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 903 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256...257...258 AND 300... * RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300. IN NEBRASKA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 256...257 AND 258. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES. 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. && $$
604 WWUS83 KFSD 170914 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 414 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THE LOESS HILLS OF NORTHWEST IOWA DUE TO VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... MUCH WINDIER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FIRE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WHILE THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT WILL LIKELY BE CONTAINED TO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER AND THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THE LOESS HILLS REGION OF NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION...WILL ALLOW ANY GRASS FIRES TO BECOME FAST MOVING AND INTENSE. HIGHER HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER DESPITE THE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS. IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ255>258-171715- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0029.121017T1800Z-121018T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 414 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256...257...258 AND 300... * RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300. IN NEBRASKA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 256...257 AND 258. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT...BUT HIGHER NEAR THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES. 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
808 WWUS83 KFSD 171408 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 908 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THE LOESS HILLS OF NORTHWEST IOWA DUE TO VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... MUCH WINDIER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FIRE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WHILE THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT WILL LIKELY BE CONTAINED TO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER AND THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THE LOESS HILLS REGION OF NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION...WILL ALLOW ANY GRASS FIRES TO BECOME FAST MOVING AND INTENSE. HIGHER HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER DESPITE THE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS. IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ255>258-172215- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0029.121017T1800Z-121018T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 908 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256...257...258 AND 300... * RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300. IN NEBRASKA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 256...257 AND 258. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES. 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. && $$
126 WWUS83 KFSD 172036 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 336 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THE LOESS HILLS OF NORTHWEST IOWA DUE TO VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... MUCH WINDIER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FIRE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WHILE THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT WILL LIKELY BE CONTAINED TO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER AND THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THE LOESS HILLS REGION OF NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION...WILL ALLOW ANY GRASS FIRES TO BECOME FAST MOVING AND INTENSE. HIGHER HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER DESPITE THE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS. IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ255>258-180000- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 336 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249... 255...256...257...258 AND 300... * RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300. IN NEBRASKA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255... 256...257 AND 258. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES. 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. && $$
937 WWUS83 KFSD 180002 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 702 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ255>258-180115- /O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 702 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256...257...258 AND 300... WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING AND HUMIDITY RISING THIS EVENING...THE THREAT FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DECREASE. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2:46 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 61 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 16 more | 61 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.