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WWUS83 KBIS 091955
RFWBIS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
255 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.Monday is looking very concerning from a fire weather perspective.
Strong westerly winds will increase up to 40 mph with gusts as high
as 65 mph as a cold front moves across the state from northwest to
southeast from mid Monday morning through Monday afternoon. A
wind shift from west to northwest is also anticipated with the
frontal passage. Before the front arrives, relative humidity is
forecast to fall into the 20 to 30 percent range, lowest along the
South Dakota border. Humidity will begin to recover quickly
behind the wind shift, but the overlap of lower humidity with the
very strong winds is expected to last for several hours across the
southern half of the state during the late morning through early
evening. Aside from cold ground and near-surface soil
temperatures, fuels have been reported as readily burnable. Any
fires that ignite on Monday will spread rapidly and could become
very difficult to control.

NDZ017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-100800-
/O.CON.KBIS.FW.W.0001.250310T1600Z-250311T0100Z/
McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-
Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-
Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Sioux-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-
McIntosh-Dickey-
255 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025 /155 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* WINDS...West up to 40 mph with gusts as high as 65 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 20 percent.

* AFFECTED AREA...Southwest and south central North Dakota

* IMPACTS...Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become
  difficult to control or suppress.

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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Hollan