URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
303 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

……FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING…

.A VERY WARM AND DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 90 DEGREES…WITH MINIMUM
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT. COMBINED WITH THIS…SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WOULD ALLOW ANY FIRES THAT START TO SPREAD QUICKLY AND
BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND CONTAIN.

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303 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA…ALONG AND WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO
CHARLES CITY IOWA LINE.

* WINDS…SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* TIMING…BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM TUESDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 23 TO 28 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS…WILDFIRES COULD START AND SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY WITH
THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY FIRE STARTS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
CONTROL.

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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