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FNUS73 KUNR 241054

WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
451 AM MDT MON JUL 24 2000

SYNOPSIS... TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S IN THE NORTH TO
MID 90S IN THE SOUTH. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL ARE COOLER THAN
SATURDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDTY WILL BE LOWER ALSO. STRONGER WINDS WILL
FURTHER INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE 

* HIGH CATEGORY IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
FALL RIVER  SHANNON CUSTER ZIEBACH BUTTE PERKINS HARDING

* MODERATE CATEGORY IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
MEADE

* LOW CATEGORY IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
TRIPP TODD BENNETT JACKSON MELLETTE PENNINGTON HAAKON LAWRENCE

OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW... TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER WHILE THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE A LITTLE DRIER. LOOK FOR THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX VALUES IN THE MODERTE TO HIGH CATEGORIES.

THE SOUTH DAKOTA DIVISION OF FORESTRY REMINDS YOU THAT WDEBRIS BURNING
IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF WILDFIRES IN SOUTH DAKOTA...SO PLEASE BE
CAREFUL WITH ANY USE OF FIRE.
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