Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2021

Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 24, 20214 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Sep 24, 2021, 3:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Sep 24, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
Sep 24, 2021, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 24, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 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 08:59 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 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
2754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

442 
WWUS83 KABR 240859
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
359 AM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

SDZ033-045-241000-
/O.CAN.KABR.FW.A.0011.210924T1900Z-210925T0100Z/
Stanley-Jones-
359 AM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021 /259 AM MDT Fri Sep 24 2021/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has cancelled the Fire
Weather Watch.


$$

SDZ003-015-241700-
/O.UPG.KABR.FW.A.0011.210924T1900Z-210925T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0022.210924T1900Z-210925T0000Z/
Corson-Dewey-
259 AM MDT Fri Sep 24 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SD...

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 this afternoon to 6 PM MDT this evening. The Fire
Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

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

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 17 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative 
  humidity will be supportive of rapid fire growth. Any fires 
  could become difficult to control and suppress.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ004-009-241700-
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0022.210924T1900Z-210925T0000Z/
Campbell-Walworth-
359 AM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SD...

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 2 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening.

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

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 19 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative 
  humidity will be supportive of rapid fire growth. Any fires 
  could become difficult to control and suppress.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
366 
WWUS83 KABR 241603
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1103 AM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-250000-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0022.210924T1900Z-210925T0000Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
1103 AM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021 /1003 AM MDT Fri Sep 24 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SD...

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

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

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

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative 
  humidity will be supportive of rapid fire growth. Any fires 
  could become difficult to control and suppress.

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.

&&

$$
783 
WWUS83 KABR 250001
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
701 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

SDZ003-004-009-015-250115-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210925T0000Z/
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
701 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021 /601 PM MDT Fri Sep 24 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SD...

Wind speeds have diminished across the area, and as temperatures
begin to cool, relative humidity values will rise. 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
Sep 24, 2:16 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryABRBrown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Edmunds and 5 more19 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.