Red Flag Warning
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
244 PM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS
FOR THE PLAINS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
TUESDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
POSSIBLY DROPPING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SDZ261-266-140445-
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NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS-
244 PM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY
WINDS FOR THE PLAINS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 261 NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
  DAKOTA PLAINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 266 CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  PLAINS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S TO MID 80S.

* IMPACTS...RAPID AND LARGE FIRE GROWTH COULD OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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