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285 FNUS63 KUNR 241100 RFDUNR RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 500 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 .DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL DISSIPATE THIS MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHS WILL REACH THE 90S TO 103 WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGING FROM THE TEENS IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO 40 IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER FRIDAY...WHICH WILL DECREASE FIRE DANGER. SDZ027-041-242100- SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-FALL RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDGEMONT...HOT SPRINGS...ARDMORE... OELRICHS 500 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY. $$ SDZ042-043-242100- SHANNON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...KADOKA 500 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE A MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER. THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY. $$ SDZ030-031-044-046-047-049-074-242100- CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOLSOM...WALL...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER... MISSION...WINNER...HERMOSA 500 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 /600 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2014/ ...MODERATE FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY. $$ SDZ001-002-012>014-025-026-032-072-073-242100- HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-HAAKON-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON... BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY... PHILIP...STURGIS...UNION CENTER 500 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...LOW FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY. $$