...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING AND MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

.Mostly sunny, dry, and unseasonably warm weather will continue
on Tuesday. The combination of very low relative humidity and
increasingly gusty south winds on Tuesday afternoon will produce
critical fire weather conditions over northeastern Wyoming and
much of western South Dakota.

A cold front will cross the area on Tuesday night, followed by
gusty northwest winds, along with a chance of showers and a few
thunderstorms. The relative humidity will increase behind the
frontal passage.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 323,
324, 327, 328, AND 329...

The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a Red Flag
Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from noon to 7 PM MDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is
no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 323 Northern Foot Hills,
324 Eastern Foot Hills, 327 Butte County Area, 328 Perkins
County and 329 West Central Plains.

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative
humidity would produce critical fire weather conditions.

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 can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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