Grassland Fire Danger Statement
Note: The Grassland Fire Danger statement and map will be issued daily from April 1st to November 15th. It will also be issued during the winter months if the index reaches Very High or Extreme. Please check the date on the map and the text product below to ensure you are looking at a current product.
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000 FNUS63 KFSD 041000 RFDFSD RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 500 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... LIGHT RAIN WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BECAUSE OF THE REALATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS REDEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD FALL APART TOWARDS SUNSET. ADDITIONAL THUDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH LOCATIONS TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S BY TUESDAY. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-042300- LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME- YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 500 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...LOW FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES...SMALL TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY. $$ BT |
