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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 27, 2021Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Sep 27, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It took effect at Sep 28, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 27, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2021-09-27Temperature 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 2021-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 387 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
1900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

192 
WWUS83 KABR 271900
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
200 PM CDT Mon Sep 27 2021

SDZ003-280300-
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0023.210928T1800Z-210929T0100Z/
Corson-
100 PM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF 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 to 7 PM MDT Tuesday.

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

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

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

* IMPACTS...

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.

&&

$$

kf
4 follow-up statements
691 
WWUS83 KABR 280118
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
818 PM CDT Mon Sep 27 2021

SDZ003-280930-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0023.210928T1800Z-210929T0100Z/
Corson-
718 PM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT
TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

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

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative
  humidity will support rapid fire growth. If a fire develops, it
  would 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.

&&

$$

Dorn
701 
WWUS83 KABR 280721
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
221 AM CDT Tue Sep 28 2021

SDZ003-281930-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0023.210928T1800Z-210929T0100Z/
Corson-
121 AM MDT Tue Sep 28 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

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

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative 
  humidity will support rapid fire growth. If a fire develops, 
  it would 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.

&&

$$
141 
WWUS83 KABR 281628
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1128 AM CDT Tue Sep 28 2021

SDZ003-290100-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0023.210928T1800Z-210929T0100Z/
Corson-
1028 AM MDT Tue Sep 28 2021

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

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

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

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

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative 
  humidity will support rapid fire growth. If a fire develops, 
  it would 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.

&&

$$

Mohr
671 
WWUS83 KABR 290100
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
800 PM CDT Tue Sep 28 2021

SDZ003-290200-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210929T0100Z/
Corson-
700 PM MDT Tue Sep 28 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...

With sunset, the temperature is cooling and boundary layer
relative humidity is slowly recovering. Look for a 10 to 20 mph
southeast breeze to persist overnight, though.

$$

Dorn

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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.