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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1003 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>036-044>046-057-058-200000-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...
FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER
1003 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING

SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE INCREASING AHEAD OF A RAPIDLY APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST...AND INCREASE
TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS THIS WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED
FIRE DANGER. ANY BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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LEE