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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
249 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

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071-141400-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
249 AM MDT (349 AM CDT) MON MAY 13 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BLACK HILLS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING...BRINGING
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE PLAINS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS
FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH
ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
EXTREME CATEGORY ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...
OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

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