Severe Wildfire

Red Flag Warning issued April 12 at 12:12PM MDT until April 13 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Haakon County Area; Bennett County Area; Mellette and Todd Counties; Tripp County Source: NOAA / NWS

Details

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

.Warm, very dry, and breezy weather will support critical fire
weather conditions over portions of northeastern Wyoming and
western South Dakota this afternoon and again Monday afternoon.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 331 Haakon County Area, 333
Bennett County Area, 334 Mellette and Todd Counties and 335
Tripp County.

* WINDS...For today, west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
For Monday, west 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 will produce critical fire weather conditions.

Recommendations

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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