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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
125 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...

.Warm temperatures, dry fuels, and breezy southwest winds will
support near critical to potentially critical fire weather
conditions Thursday over southwest through central SD.

SDZ325-326-331>335-122230-
/O.NEW.KUNR.FW.A.0002.250313T1800Z-250314T0100Z/
Custer County Plains-Pine Ridge Area-Haakon County Area-
Badlands Area-Bennett County Area-Mellette and Todd Counties-
Tripp County-
125 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025 /225 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 325, 326, 331, 332, 333, 334, AND 335...

The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is
in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 325 Custer County Plains,
  326 Pine Ridge Area, 331 Haakon County Area, 332 Badlands
  Area, 333 Bennett County Area, 334 Mellette and Todd Counties
  and 335 Tripp County.

* WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative
  humidity would produce critical fire weather conditions.

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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