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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
359 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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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-
359 AM MDT (459 AM CDT) TUE MAY 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
TODAY...

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...

...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
TODAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY
ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT....AND ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
THE BLACK HILLS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THERE IS A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.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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