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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
455 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY
DRAWING UNSEASONABLY MILD AIR INTO THE REGION. AS TEMPERATURES
WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL TO NEAR 30 PERCENT ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CREATING A
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER.

DEBRIS BURNING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF WILDFIRES...SO PLEASE BE
CAREFUL WITH ANY USE OF FIRE.

SDZ050-057-220015-
GREGORY-BRULE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL
455 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009

...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A
VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE
NEEDLES...SMALL TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND...INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST.
FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.


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MNZ071-072-097-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-052>056-058>071-220015-
LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...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
455 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009

...HIGH FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES...SMALL
TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT
THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE.
OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING
HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY.


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IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-220015-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-
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...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE
455 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009

...MODERATE FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
A LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE
NEEDLES...SMALL TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND...INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE
OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.


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