Updated…

RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO  10 PM CDT

THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY FUELS…STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY

 

A reminder the Stutsman County Fire Emergency/Burn Ban Proclamation.,is in effect when the North Dakota Rangeland Fire Danger Index is in the VERY HIGH or EXTREME categories and/or a Red Flag Warning has been issued for Stutsman County.

The Fire Danger Index is determined by the National Weather Service on a daily basis.

A link to the daily Fire Danger Index page can be found on the Stutsman County website at www.stutsmancounty.org <http://www.stutsmancounty.org/>.

Click on the flame icon.

 243 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY…

* AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 023 WELLS…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 035 BURLEIGH…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN… BARNES FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS…

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE…

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051
DICKEY.

* WINDS…NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING…THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES…75 TO 80.

* IMPACTS…RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.