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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 3, 2016

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2016, 10:40 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 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.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2016, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

The text

As transmitted.

219 
WWUS83 KFSD 031540
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1040 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA NEAR SIOUX CITY...
FOR BRISK WINDS AND DRY HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON...

IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ258-032345-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0003.160403T1900Z-160404T0000Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
1040 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRY AIR
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...258 AND 300...WHICH INCLUDES EXTREME
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND PARTS OF
NORTHWEST IOWA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREAS...PRIMARILY EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND
  PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA NEAR THE SIOUX CITY AND LE MARS
  VICINITIES...

* WIND...WEST WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AVERAGING 20 TO 32 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...WILL BOTTOM OUT AT 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

388 
WWUS83 KFSD 032347
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
647 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016


IAZ300-NEZ249-SDZ258-040100-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/
NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
647 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 249...258 AND 300...

WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...DECREASING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL END
THE FIRE DANGER THREAT. 

$$

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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.