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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Rapid City, SD

March 18, 2012

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this red flag warning at Mar 18, 2012, 3:23 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 18, 2012, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 18, 12:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 12:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:58 AM CDT, 10 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
358 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-191400-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
358 AM MDT (458 AM CDT) SUN MAR 18 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

GR

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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.