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FNUS63 KUNR 281106
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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
455 AM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING ON WEDNESDAY FOR WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH 
DAKOTA ALONG WITH NORTHEAST WYOMING...

.DISCUSSION...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA TODAY AS HIGHS REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 105.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS...WHILE WINDS
WILL BECOME EASTERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

ON WEDNESDAY...RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS
RANGING FROM AROUND 100 TO 105. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP
INTO THE LOWER TO MID TEENS...WHILE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH. LOW CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME IN THE EVENING TO PARTS OF THE AREA AS A
COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...BRINGING A
WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST.

SDZ001-002-012>014-025>027-030>032-041>044-046-047-072>074-290030-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...
EDGEMONT...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM...WALL...PHILIP...ARDMORE...
OELRICHS...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...
MISSION...STURGIS...UNION CENTER...HERMOSA
455 AM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /555 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012/

...EXTREME FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY 
THIS AFTERNOON. EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A VERY LOW 
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL 
ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT CRITICAL BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. 
A FIRE WILL START EASILY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME LARGE
AND SPREAD QUICKLY BECOMING ERRATIC WITH EXTREME BEHAVIORAL
CHARACTERISTICS. NO OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD TAKE PLACE.

THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY. 


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SDZ049-290030-
TRIPP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNER
555 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY. 


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