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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Aberdeen SD

244 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025



MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-010-011-016>023-034>037-048-051-091945-

/O.CON.KABR.FW.A.0007.250511T1600Z-250512T0300Z/

Traverse-Big Stone-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Edmunds-Day-Potter-

Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-

Hand-Lyman-Buffalo-

244 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING

THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR

CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* AFFECTED AREA...In Minnesota, Traverse and Big Stone. In South 

  Dakota, Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Edmunds, Day, Potter, Faulk, 

  Spink, Clark, Codington, Grant, Hamlin, Deuel, Sully, Hughes, 

  Hyde, Hand, Lyman and Buffalo.



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



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 19 percent.



* IMPACTS...Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become 

  difficult to control or suppress.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions

are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible

Red Flag Warnings.



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