Alert
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 
1146 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
249...256...257...258... 300...301 AND 900...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 300. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301.
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249. FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 256. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 257. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 258.
* WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Sioux County Sheriff's Office
4363 Ironwood Ave., Ste 1
Orange City, IA 51250
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-737-3307