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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 2, 202110 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Jul 2, 2021, 6:06 AM CDT for 10 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Jul 2, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jul 2, 2021, 6:06 AM CDT (11:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 2, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

448 
WWUS83 KABR 021106
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
606 AM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>035-045-048-021915-
/O.UPG.KABR.FW.A.0007.210702T1700Z-210703T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0016.210702T1700Z-210703T0200Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-Potter-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Jones-
Lyman-
606 AM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021 /506 AM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO
9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND 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 noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today to 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ this
evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, Walworth, 
  Dewey, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Hughes, Jones and Lyman.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.

* IMPACTS...These conditions are supportive of rapid fire growth.

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.

&&

$$

Connelly
2 follow-up statements
265 
WWUS83 KABR 021803
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
103 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>035-045-048-030200-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210703T0200Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-Potter-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Jones-
Lyman-
103 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021 /1203 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021/

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

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, Walworth, 
  Dewey, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Hughes, Jones and Lyman.

* WINDS...Southeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 20 percent.

* IMPACTS...These conditions are supportive of rapid fire growth.

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.

&&

$$

Dorn
220 
WWUS83 KABR 030158
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
858 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>035-045-048-030300-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210703T0200Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-Potter-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Jones-
Lyman-
858 PM CDT Fri Jul 2 2021 /758 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021/

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

Relative humidity has risen this evening as temperatures begin to
fall. Breezy conditions on Saturday may lead to increased fire
danger again. 

$$

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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.