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WWUS83 KBIS 122118
RFWBIS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
418 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
9 PM MDT OR 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND THE LOW. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DROPPED TO
15 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS HAVE CREATED RED FLAG WARNING
CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES FALL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. THERE IS ALSO
POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT.

FIRE CREWS SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

NDZ017-031>033-040-041-043-044-130300-
/O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070913T0300Z/
MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
418 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 /318 PM MDT WED SEP 12 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF
20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING NOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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