476 FNUS63 KFSD 140959 RFDFSD RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 459 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 .DISCUSSION... OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WILL TAPER OFF BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH BE POSSIBLE. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK WITH THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-142315- LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME- YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 459 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...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 THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY. $$