Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
335 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013

.DISCUSSION...QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS
TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES
THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL AGAIN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

SDZ001-002-012>014-025>027-030>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-
130045-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...
EDGEMONT...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM...WALL...PHILIP...ARDMORE...
OELRICHS...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...
MISSION...WINNER...STURGIS...UNION CENTER...HERMOSA
335 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 /435 AM CDT WED JUN 12 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 LOW CATEGORY.


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