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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 5, 20214 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2021, 2:45 PM CST for 4 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 6, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. 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
Mar 5, 2021, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 6, 2021, 8:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Hughes County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-05Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

465 
WWUS83 KABR 052045
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
245 PM CST Fri Mar 5 2021

SDZ033-035-045-048-061000-
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0002.210306T1800Z-210307T0200Z/
Stanley-Hughes-Jones-Lyman-
245 PM CST Fri Mar 5 2021 /145 PM MST Fri Mar 5 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM
CST /7 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH 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 CST /11 AM MST/ to 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ Saturday.

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Stanley, Hughes, Jones and 
  Lyman.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 to 30 percent.

* IMPACTS...Fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon will
  support the rapid spread of any fires that develop. 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.

&&

$$

Parkin
4 follow-up statements
069 
WWUS83 KABR 060245
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
845 PM CST Fri Mar 5 2021

SDZ033-035-045-048-061045-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.210306T1800Z-210307T0200Z/
Stanley-Hughes-Jones-Lyman-
845 PM CST Fri Mar 5 2021 /745 PM MST Fri Mar 5 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TO 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Stanley, Hughes, Jones and 
  Lyman.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 to 30 percent.

* IMPACTS...Fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon will 
  support the rapid spread of any fires that develop. 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.

&&

$$

Dorn
579 
WWUS83 KABR 061012
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
412 AM CST Sat Mar 6 2021

SDZ033-035-045-048-061915-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.210306T1800Z-210307T0200Z/
Stanley-Hughes-Jones-Lyman-
412 AM CST Sat Mar 6 2021 /312 AM MST Sat Mar 6 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY TO 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Stanley, Hughes, Jones and 
  Lyman.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 to 30 percent.

* IMPACTS...Fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon will 
  support the rapid spread of any fires that develop. 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.

&&

$$

LUECK
717 
WWUS83 KABR 061832
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1232 PM CST Sat Mar 6 2021

SDZ033-035-045-048-070200-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210307T0200Z/
Stanley-Hughes-Jones-Lyman-
1232 PM CST Sat Mar 6 2021 /1132 AM MST Sat Mar 6 2021/

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

* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Stanley, Hughes, Jones and 
  Lyman.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 20 percent.

* IMPACTS...Fire weather conditions Saturday afternoon will 
  support the rapid spread of any fires that develop. 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.

&&

$$
856 
WWUS83 KABR 070201
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
801 PM CST Sat Mar 6 2021

SDZ033-035-045-048-070315-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210307T0200Z/
Stanley-Hughes-Jones-Lyman-
801 PM CST Sat Mar 6 2021 /701 PM MST Sat Mar 6 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

Conditions have improved across the region, therefore the Red Flag
Warning has been allowed to expire.

$$

Parkin

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 2:30 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand and 9 more10 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.