Fire Weather Watch issued April 21 at 1:36AM MDT until April 22 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

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...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322,
323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, AND 335...

.Hot, dry, and windy conditions may support widespread critical
fire weather conditions Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures on
Wednesday will range from the 80s to mid 90s with minimum
humidities dropping to as low as 10%. Meanwhile, southwesterly
winds will increase through Wednesday morning as a cold front
approaches the region. Sustained winds will be at 20 to 30 mph
with gusts of 35 to 45 mph. Scattered thunderstorms are possible
across western South Dakota on Wednesday afternoon, these storms
may produce little precip while being capable of lightning and
erratic winds gusting in excess of 50 mph.

The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is
in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 314 Northern Campbell, 315
Southern Campbell, 316 Crook County Plains, 317 Weston County
Plains, 318 Wyoming Black Hills, 319 Northern Black Hills, 320
Central Black Hills, 321 Southern Black Hills, 322 Fall River
County Area, 323 Northern Foot Hills, 324 Eastern Foot Hills,
325 Custer County Plains, 326 Pine Ridge Area, 327 Butte
County Area, 329 West Central Plains, 330 Ziebach County, 331
Haakon County Area, 332 Badlands Area, 333 Bennett County
Area, 334 Mellette and Todd Counties and 335 Tripp County.

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative
humidity would produce critical fire weather conditions.