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.

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CONNELLY