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Red Flag Warning

Alert expired Oct 2 @ 7:15 PM (UTC)

Affected Area

Severity

Severe

Significant threat to life or property

Alert in Effect

From 7:11 PM (UTC) Tuesday October 1 until 7:15 PM (UTC) Wednesday October 2

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: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* COLD FRONT: Arrives Wednesday morning, shifting winds from the southwest to northwest. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph gusting to 30 mph behind the front.
* HUMIDITY: As low as 10 percent today. A poor recovery tonight, then minimums of 15 to 20 percent Wednesday.
* TEMPERATURES: Mid to upper 70s today, and lower to mid 70s Wednesday.
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

7:11 PM (UTC), October 1

Urgency

Expected

Take responsive action in the next hour.

National Weather Service Office

Billings, MT

Data provided by the National Weather Service