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Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
553 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SPOTTY LIGHT RAINFALL
AND SPORADIC LIGHTNING STRIKES IN AREAS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90
CORRIDOR. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDDAY...WITH
LINGERING CLOUDS GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER TODAY THAN TUESDAY...AND THIS ALONG WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A LOW TO MODERATE FIRE DANGER TODAY.

MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATTER
PART OF THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IAZ013-014-020>022-031-032-MNZ072-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-057-058-
063>065-068>071-152315-
OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LYON-DIXON-
DAKOTA-GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...
PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
553 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...MODERATE FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A
LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC
MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.


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IAZ001>003-012-MNZ071-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>056-
059>062-066-067-152315-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
553 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...LOW FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE
CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND...INDICATE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS
LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE
PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.


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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
