Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Sep 30, 2013, 2:47 AM CDT. It took effect at Sep 30, 2013, 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
- Sep 30, 2013, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2013, 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.
842 WWUS83 KFSD 300747 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 247 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 IAZ300-301-NEZ249-SDZ255-258-301700- /O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0002.130930T1900Z-131001T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0004.130930T1900Z-131001T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 247 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...258...300 AND 301... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 258. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ SDZ256-301700- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.A.0002.130930T1900Z-131001T0000Z/ MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- 247 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 256... * AFFECTED AREA...IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 256. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING GRASSLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
908 WWUS83 KFSD 301524 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1024 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 SDZ256-301630- /O.CAN.KFSD.FW.A.0002.130930T1900Z-131001T0000Z/ MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- 1024 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 256... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. SURFACE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GET STRONG ENOUGH TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA...THEREFORE...THE WATCH IS CANCELED. $$ IAZ300-301-NEZ249-SDZ255-258-302330- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0004.130930T1900Z-131001T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 1024 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...258...300 AND 301... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 258. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
592 WWUS83 KFSD 302029 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 329 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 IAZ300-301-NEZ249-SDZ255-258-010000- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131001T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 329 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249... 255...258...300 AND 301... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 300 AND 301. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 255 AND 258. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
715 WWUS83 KFSD 302349 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 649 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 IAZ300-301-NEZ249-SDZ255-258-010100- /O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131001T0000Z/ NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN- IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS- EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 649 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255... 258...300 AND 301... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS A TROUGH NOSES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS WILL LOWER THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP IN SOUTH CENTRAL AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT. $$
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.