Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Apr 15, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 15, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

798 
WWUS83 KFSD 151530
RFWFSD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2016


MNZ900-152330-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0007.160415T1900Z-160416T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900...

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 AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO NEAR 25
  PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.


* HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED IN THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
  ZONE NEAR JACKSON AND WINDOM. 

* 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.

&&

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