Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Mar 12, 2015, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 12, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT

Expired

Mar 12, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

398 
WWUS83 KFSD 120844
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
344 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITY...


IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-SDZ258-122200-
/O.UPG.KFSD.FW.A.0002.150312T1700Z-150312T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0002.150312T1700Z-150313T0000Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
344 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
249...258... 300...301 AND 900...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249 IN NEBRASKA...ZONES 257
  AND 258 IN SOUTH DAKOTA...ZONE 300 AND 301 IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND
  ZONE 900 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH IN
  THE MORNING THEN 30 TO 40 MPH IN SOME SPOTS DURING THE
  AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...THE LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO
  30 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 WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

SDZ257-122200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0002.150312T1700Z-150313T0000Z/
MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
344 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
257...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257 IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH IN
  THE MORNING THEN 30 TO 40 MPH IN SOME SPOTS DURING THE
  AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...THE LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO
  30 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 WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

866 
WWUS83 KFSD 122347
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
647 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2015


IAZ300-301-MNZ900-NEZ249-SDZ257-258-130100-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150313T0000Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
647 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...258...
300...301 AND 900...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
RISE THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$

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