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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2022, 3:09 AM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in South Dakota; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 14, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Apr 14, 2022, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Ida County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
476 WWUS83 KFSD 140809 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 309 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 IAZ012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ064>071-141615- /O.NEW.KFSD.FW.W.0013.220414T1700Z-220415T0200Z/ Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida- Dixon-Dakota-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Lincoln-Bon Homme-Yankton- Union- 309 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 9 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Iowa...Sioux...O'Brien...Clay...Plymouth... Cherokee...Buena Vista...Woodbury...Ida. In Nebraska...Dixon... Dakota. In South Dakota...Douglas...Hutchinson...Turner... Lincoln...Bon Homme...Yankton...Clay...Union. * WIND...West winds with gusts of 45 to 50 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
452 WWUS83 KFSD 141548 RFWFSD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD Issued by National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1048 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 IAZ012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ064>071-150200- /O.CON.KFSD.FW.W.0013.220414T1700Z-220415T0200Z/ Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida- Dixon-Dakota-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Lincoln-Bon Homme-Yankton- Union- 1048 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...In Iowa...Sioux...O'Brien...Clay...Plymouth... Cherokee...Buena Vista...Woodbury...Ida. In Nebraska... Dixon... Dakota. In South Dakota...Douglas...Hutchinson... Turner... Lincoln...Bon Homme...Yankton...Clay...Union. * WIND...West winds with gusts of 45 to 50 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:01 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Iowa, 2022Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2022Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2022Every red flag warning in 2022
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.