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WWUS83 KBIS 300858
RFWBIS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
358 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.DRY...WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST OVER FAR WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...IN GENERAL ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CROSBY TO
RICHARDTON TO HETTINGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
70S ARE FORECAST TODAY ACROSS THE FAR WEST. WHEN COMBINED WITH AN
ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER AND CONDITIONS
SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED.

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-301900-
/O.UPG.KBIS.FW.A.0010.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.FW.W.0012.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
358 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /258 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 
  HETTINGER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  044 ADAMS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 70S.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 20 PERCENT.

* WHEN COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS
  SUPPORTING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
  INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

AYD