Red Flag Warning Issued For Friday

By: Dennis and Kathi Brown Posted at: 08/30/2012 09:43 PM
PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX-
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL
GRASSLAND-PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE-
918 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY DRY FUELS
  MAY PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND
  FIRE GROWTH.

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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