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 314 Northern Campbell, 315Southern Campbell, 316 Crook County Plains, 317 Weston CountyPlains and 322 Fall River County Area.* WINDS...West to northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent.* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relativehumidity will 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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