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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
311 PM CST Tue Mar 5 2024


IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
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Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-
Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-
McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-
Yankton-Union-
Including the cities of Rock Rapids, George, Inwood, Larchwood, 
Sibley, Spirit Lake, Milford, Arnolds Park, Sioux Center, 
Orange City, Rock Valley, Hawarden, Hull, Sheldon, Hartley, 
Sanborn, Spencer, Le Mars, Cherokee, Storm Lake, Sioux City, 
Ida Grove, Holstein, Battle Creek, Tyler, Hendricks, Lake Benton, 
Ivanhoe, Marshall, Slayton, Fulda, Windom, Mountain Lake, 
Worthington, Jackson, Lakefield, Pipestone, Luverne, Wakefield, 
Ponca, Allen, South Sioux City, Huron, De Smet, Arlington, 
Lake Preston, Brookings, Gregory, Burke, Wessington Springs, 
Alpena, Woonsocket, Howard, Madison, Orland, Flandreau, 
Chamberlain, Kimball, Plankinton, White Lake, Stickney, Mitchell, 
Alexandria, Emery, Salem, Canistota, Bridgewater, Montrose, 
Sioux Falls, Wagner, Platte, Lake Andes, Marty, Armour, Corsica, 
Delmont, Parkston, Freeman, Menno, Tripp, Clayton, Parker, 
Centerville, Marion, Viborg, Irene, Hurley, Chancellor, Canton, 
Lennox, Tea, Harrisburg, Tyndall, Scotland, Springfield, Avon, 
Tabor, Yankton, Vermillion, North Sioux City, Beresford, 
Elk Point, Alcester, and Jefferson
311 PM CST Tue Mar 5 2024

...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...

Breezy west-southwesterly winds are gusting 20 to 30 mph, and
combined with relative humidity values in the upper teens to mid
twenties, near critical fire weather conditions are currently
occurring. Winds will be decreasing throughout the rest of the
afternoon hours, with the fire weather threat decreasing by the
early evening hours. 

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