Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
205 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
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205 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA...
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 11 AM to 10 PM CDT Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch Sunday is
no longer in effect. Another Fire Weather Watch has also been
issued. This Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity
is in effect from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...In Iowa, Lyon, Osceola and Sioux. In
Minnesota, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Cottonwood, Nobles, Jackson,
Pipestone and Rock. In South Dakota, Beadle, Kingsbury,
Brookings, Gregory, Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moody,
Brule, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Charles
Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Lincoln, Bon Homme, Yankton,
Clay and Union.
* WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts 35 to 45 mph, strongest
west of U.S. Highway 81 toward central South Dakota.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread
quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
231 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
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231 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025 /131 PM MDT Sat May 10 2025/
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO
10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Corson, Campbell, McPherson,
Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Walworth, Edmunds, Day, Dewey,
Faulk, Spink, Clark, Stanley and Hand.
* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph through 8 PM CDT
this evening. For Sunday, south 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 50
mph. For Monday, south wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 19 percent through 8 PM CDT this
evening. For Sunday, as low as 14 percent. For Monday, as low as
18 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become
difficult to control or suppress.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
231 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
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Potter-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Jones-Lyman-
Buffalo-
231 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...In South Dakota, Potter, Codington, Grant,
Hamlin, Deuel, Sully, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and Buffalo.
* WINDS...For Sunday, south 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
For Monday, south 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...For Sunday, as low as 16 percent. For
Monday, as low as 18 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become
difficult to control or suppress.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
224 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLE MONDAY...
.Record high temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s and very
low humidity values of 15 to 25 percent, combined with southerly
winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, will lead to a
critical fire weather risk on Sunday. Fires could quickly spread
out of control due to these conditions. Continued hot, dry, and
windy conditions Monday and Tuesday could result in repeated days
of critical fire weather conditions.
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224 PM CDT Sat May 10 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued
a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 10 PM CDT
Sunday. a Fire Weather Watch has also been issued. This Fire
Weather Watch is in effect from Monday afternoon through Monday
evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* WIND...South to southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up
to 35 mph.
* HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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