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WWUS83 KFSD 180100
RFWFSD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM FOR THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST
IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

.RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. 

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NORTHERN LOESS HILLS AND FLOYD RIVER BASIN-
IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA-LOWER BRULE AND LAKE ANDES VICINITY-
MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY-MIDDLE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
LOWER JAMES RIVER TO LOWER BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY-
800 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

AS SUNSET APPROACHES...THE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE AND
HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASE ALLEVIATING THE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER
CONDITIONS. THE FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE LESS CRITICAL ON
SUNDAY DUE TO LESS WIND. 

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 MJF