URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
320 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

…DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY…

.SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH
PLUMMETING RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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320 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS ON
TUESDAY…CONCURRENT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING RAPIDLY
AFTER SUNRISE. THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* WIND…SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE FORECAST…WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 30 PERCENT OR
LOWER IN SOME AREAS BY NOON…AND BOTTOM OUT AT 20 TO 25 PERCENT
IN THE AFTERNOON.

* FUEL…MANY WILD GRASSES HAVE NOT FULLY GREENED UP DUE TO THE
LATE SPRING…AND WILL BURN MORE EASILY THAN IS TYPICAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.

* IMPACTS…FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY IN THESE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS AND BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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LEE