Advertencias, Eckland A W Number 1 Dam

Red Flag Warning issued September 26 at 1:32PM MDT until September 26 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AS WELL AS WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... .Unseasonably hot and dry air is in place, with breezy west to northwest winds across northeast Wyoming and western South Dakota and gusty south to southwest winds over south central South Dakota. Red flag or near red flag conditions will continue this afternoon across much of the area. Conditions will start to slowly improve around sunset. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 321 Southern Black Hills, 323 Northern Foot Hills, 324 Eastern Foot Hills, 325 Custer County Plains, 326 Pine Ridge Area, 327 Butte County Area, 328 Perkins County, 329 West Central Plains, 330 Ziebach County, 331 Haakon County Area, 332 Badlands Area, 333 Bennett County Area, 334 Mellette and Todd Counties and 335 Tripp County. * WINDS...West to northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. South to southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph across south central South Dakota. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent. * IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative humidity would produce critical fire weather conditions. 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.