Avisos

Red Flag Warning issued September 26 at 1:32PM MDT until September 26 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ TODAY FORGUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEASTWYOMING AS WELL AS WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA....Unseasonably hot and dry air is in place, with breezy west tonorthwest winds across northeast Wyoming and western South Dakotaand gusty south to southwest winds over south central SouthDakota. Red flag or near red flag conditions will continue thisafternoon across much of the area. Conditions will start to slowlyimprove around sunset.* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 321 Southern Black Hills,323 Northern Foot Hills, 324 Eastern Foot Hills, 325 CusterCounty Plains, 326 Pine Ridge Area, 327 Butte County Area, 328Perkins County, 329 West Central Plains, 330 Ziebach County,331 Haakon County Area, 332 Badlands Area, 333 Bennett CountyArea, 334 Mellette and Todd Counties and 335 Tripp County.* WINDS...West to northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.South to southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph acrosssouth central South Dakota.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent.* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relativehumidity would produce critical fire weather conditions.A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditionsare either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination ofstrong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures cancontribute to extreme fire behavior.

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