Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Rapid City, SD
Areas Affected: Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Fall River County Area; Eastern Foot Hills; Custer County Plains; Pine Ridge Area; West Central Plains; Badlands Area; Southern Campbell; Weston County Plains
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 12:12pm MDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 12:12pm MDT
Alert Expires: Monday 3:15am MDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Sunday 12:12pm MDT
Event Ends: Monday 9:00pm MDT
Issued by: NWS Rapid City SD
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 315, 317, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 329, AND 332... ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... .Warm, very dry, and breezy weather will support critical fire weather conditions over portions of northeastern Wyoming and western South Dakota this afternoon and again Monday afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 315 Southern Campbell, 317 Weston County Plains, 320 Central Black Hills, 321 Southern Black Hills, 322 Fall River County Area, 324 Eastern Foot Hills, 325 Custer County Plains, 326 Pine Ridge Area, 329 West Central Plains and 332 Badlands Area. * WINDS...For today, west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. For Monday, west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent. * IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative humidity will produce critical fire weather conditions.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.58b2a89a6bb72774146a4bd62560e79cdbfb3b9d.002.1 Codes: SDZ320, SDZ321, SDZ322, SDZ324, SDZ325, SDZ326, SDZ329, SDZ332, WYZ315, WYZ317 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.58b2a89a6bb72774146a4bd62560e79cdbfb3b9d.002.1