Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2015, 3:24 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 20, 2015, 2:00 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
- Mar 20, 2015, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
681 WWUS83 KFSD 200824 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 324 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 NEZ249-SDZ255-256-258-201630- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0004.150320T1900Z-150321T0100Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 324 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256 AND 258... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 256. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
855 WWUS83 KFSD 201546 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1046 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 NEZ249-SDZ255-256-258-210100- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0004.150320T1900Z-150321T0100Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 1046 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256 AND 258... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 255. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 256. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258. INCLUDING MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DUX
827 WWUS83 KFSD 210055 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 755 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 NEZ249-SDZ255-256-258-210200- /O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150321T0100Z/ EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY- MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY- LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY- 755 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...255...256 AND 258... WINDS AND TEMPERATURES...WHICH WERE SLOW TO DECREASE AS THE EVENING STARTED...WERE DECREASING MORE RAPIDLY AS THE SUN SET. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2015Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.