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Red Flag Warning

Alert expired Oct 3 @ 2:00 AM (UTC)

Affected Area

Severity

Severe

Significant threat to life or property

Alert in Effect

From 7:27 AM (UTC) Wednesday October 2 until 2:00 AM (UTC) Thursday October 3

Description

* IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, and wind shift with a cold front will create erratic fire behavior.
* AFFECTED AREA: In Southeast MT and Northwest SD Fire Zone...133.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Northwest SD...Harding. In Southeast MT...Carter...Fallon.
* WIND TODAY: West 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph early, shifting to northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph by mid- morning.
* COLD FRONT: Arrives later this morning, shifting winds from the west to northwest.
* HUMIDITY: As low as 17 percent.
* TEMPERATURES: Up to 75.
Instruction

Make preparations

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.

Weather Event Onset

7:27 AM (UTC), October 2

Urgency

Expected

Take responsive action in the next hour.

National Weather Service Office

Billings, MT

Data provided by the National Weather Service