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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Aberdeen, SD

November 23, 2021Jones County, Lyman County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Nov 23, 2021, 2:15 AM CST for Jones County, Lyman County, South Dakota. It took effect at Nov 23, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. 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
Nov 23, 2021, 2:15 AM CST (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 23, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 23, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2021-11-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

753 
WWUS83 KABR 230815
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
215 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021

SDZ045-048-231615-
/O.UPG.KABR.FW.A.0012.211123T1700Z-211124T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0026.211123T1700Z-211124T0000Z/
Jones-Lyman-
215 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR JONES AND 
LYMAN COUNTIES IN 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 11 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. The Fire
Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

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

* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts as high as 25 to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent.

* IMPACTS...A combination of strong winds, low relative 
  humidity, and warm temperatures could contribute to critical 
  fire weather conditions.

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
2 follow-up statements
883 
WWUS83 KABR 231602
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1002 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021

SDZ045-048-240000-
/O.CON.KABR.FW.W.0026.211123T1700Z-211124T0000Z/
Jones-Lyman-
1002 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR JONES AND LYMAN COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

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

* WINDS...West 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

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

* IMPACTS...A combination of strong winds, low relative 
  humidity, and warm temperatures could contribute to critical 
  fire weather conditions.

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.

&&

$$
776 
WWUS83 KABR 232349
RFWABR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
549 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021

SDZ045-048-240100-
/O.EXP.KABR.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-211124T0000Z/
Jones-Lyman-
549 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR JONES AND LYMAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

The red flag warning will be allowed to expire due to decreasing
winds and increasing relative humidity.

$$

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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.