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HWOFSD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1053 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-181200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
1053 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIND AND FOG...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH EXPECTED.  

FIRE DANGER...
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS INTO
NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...AND TEMPERATURES IN THE
MID 70S...TO PRODUCE THE FIRE DANGER. NO OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD
TAKE PLACE...AS FIRE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME LARGE AND
SPREAD QUICKLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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