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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 29, 20214 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2021, 3:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Apr 30, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
Apr 29, 2021, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2021-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2021-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

887 
WWUS83 KABR 292031
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
331 PM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-300915-
/O.UPG.KABR.FW.A.0004.210430T1800Z-210501T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0013.210430T1800Z-210501T0100Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
331 PM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021 /231 PM MDT Thu Apr 29 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Friday. The Fire
Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, Walworth 
  and Dewey.

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...From 15 to 20 percent.

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.

&&

$$

Mohr
3 follow-up statements
620 
WWUS83 KABR 300753
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
253 AM CDT Fri Apr 30 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-301800-
/O.EXT.KABR.FW.W.0013.210430T1800Z-210501T0200Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
253 AM CDT Fri Apr 30 2021 /153 AM MDT Fri Apr 30 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, Walworth 
  and Dewey.

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...From 15 to 20 percent.

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.

&&

$$

LUECK
823 
WWUS83 KABR 301734
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1234 PM CDT Fri Apr 30 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-010200-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0013.210430T1800Z-210501T0200Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
1234 PM CDT Fri Apr 30 2021 /1134 AM MDT Fri Apr 30 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA...

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, Walworth 
  and Dewey.

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...From 15 to 20 percent.

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.

&&

$$

Telken
057 
WWUS83 KABR 010158
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
858 PM CDT Fri Apr 30 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-010300-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210501T0200Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
858 PM CDT Fri Apr 30 2021 /758 PM MDT Fri Apr 30 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA...

As temperatures cool and relative humidities rise, the fire danger
will lower, thus the red flag warning is being allowed to expire. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 2:17 AM CDTFire Weather WatchABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth13 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2021Every red flag warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.