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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Aberdeen, SD

October 6, 20214 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Oct 6, 2021, 2:40 AM MDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Oct 6, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT. 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
Oct 6, 2021, 2:40 AM MDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 6, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 6, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Jones County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
3809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

134 
WWUS83 KABR 060840
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
340 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

SDZ003-015-033-045-061645-
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0024.211006T1700Z-211007T0100Z/
Corson-Dewey-Stanley-Jones-
340 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021 /240 AM MDT Wed Oct 6 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 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 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this
evening.

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

* WINDS...Southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 20 TO 25 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.

&&

$$

Mohr
2 follow-up statements
924 
WWUS83 KABR 061608
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1108 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

SDZ003-015-033-045-070100-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0024.211006T1700Z-211007T0100Z/
Corson-Dewey-Stanley-Jones-
1108 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021 /1008 AM MDT Wed Oct 6 2021/

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

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

* WINDS...Southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 20 to 25 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.

&&

$$

Parkin
417 
WWUS83 KABR 070052
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
752 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

SDZ003-015-033-045-070200-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-211007T0100Z/
Corson-Dewey-Stanley-Jones-
752 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021 /652 PM MDT Wed Oct 6 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

Boundary layer humidity is slowly improving and wind speeds are
diminishing. The warning will be allowed to expire.

$$

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.