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WWUS83 KABR 231925 RFWABR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 225 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAS ALLOWED FOR VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS ABOVE 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALREADY BELOW 25 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT GREEN UP. MNZ039-046-SDZ272-273-240100- /O.NEW.KABR.FW.W.0002.090423T1925Z-090424T0100Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-PRAIRIE COTEAU-RED RIVER VALLEY- 225 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: IN SOUTH DAKOTA...272...273 IN MINNESOTA...39...46 A COMBINATION OF SOUTHEAST WINDS UPWARDS OF 25 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT AND WIDESPREAD DRY FUELS WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CONNELLY