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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 1, 202112 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2021, 2:50 AM CDT for 12 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 1, 2021, 12:00 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
May 1, 2021, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 1, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 1, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-05-01Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WWUS83 KABR 010750
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
250 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021

SDZ003>011-015-016-011600-
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0014.210501T1700Z-210502T0100Z/
Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Walworth-Edmunds-
Day-Dewey-Potter-
250 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021 /150 AM MDT Sat May 1 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO
8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN 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 noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this
evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, McPherson, 
  Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Walworth, Edmunds, Day, Dewey and 
  Potter.

* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 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
1 follow-up statement
110 
WWUS83 KABR 011429
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
929 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021

MNZ039-046-SDZ021-020100-
/O.EXA.KABR.FW.W.0014.210501T1700Z-210502T0100Z/
Traverse-Big Stone-Grant-
929 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
until 8 PM CDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...In Minnesota, Traverse and Big Stone. In South 
  Dakota, Grant.

* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 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.

&&

$$

SDZ003>011-015-016-020100-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0014.210501T1700Z-210502T0100Z/
Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Walworth-Edmunds-
Day-Dewey-Potter-
929 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021 /829 AM MDT Sat May 1 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, McPherson, 
  Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Walworth, Edmunds, Day, Dewey and 
  Potter.

* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.