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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Rapid City, SD

March 31, 2012

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2012, 4:27 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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: Mar 31, 2012, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 1, 2012, 9:52 PM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:52 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:02 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	UNR		11 hr
Mar 31, 5:02 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	UNR		16 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2012 Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2012 Every 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.