Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Rapid City, SD
Areas Affected: Haakon County Area; Bennett County Area; Mellette and Todd Counties; Tripp County
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 /10 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 331, 333, 334, AND 335... ...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 331 Haakon County Area, 333 Bennett County Area, 334 Mellette and Todd Counties and 335 Tripp County. * 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.003.1 Codes: SDZ331, SDZ333, SDZ334, SDZ335 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.58b2a89a6bb72774146a4bd62560e79cdbfb3b9d.003.1