NWS Rapid City SDFW.A 0013October 8, 2026
Fire Weather Watch: Central Black Hills, Southern Black Hills, Fall River County Area and 12 more, SD and WY
The National Weather Service office in Rapid City issued a fire weather watch for Central Black Hills, Southern Black Hills, Fall River County Area and 12 more in South Dakota, Wyoming, in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on October 9. It was the 13th fire weather watch the NWS office in Rapid City issued in 2026. South Dakota had 1 fire weather watch in October 2026, against 3 in an average October of 2008-2025 (South Dakota's fire weather watchs by year).
Watch
In force for 9 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Rapid City SD
- Area
- Central Black Hills, Southern Black Hills, Fall River County Area and 12 more
- State
- South Dakota
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 12:33 a.m. MDT, October 8, 2026
- In force from
- 11:00 a.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KUNR FW.A 0013
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Fire Weather Watches in South Dakota since 2008Every warning type in South Dakota
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The notice as issued
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL BLACK HILLS, SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS, FALL RIVER COUNTY AREA, NORTHERN FOOT HILLS, EASTERN FOOT HILLS, CUSTER COUNTY PLAINS, PINE RIDGE AREA, BUTTE COUNTY AREA, WEST CENTRAL PLAINS, BADLANDS AREA, NORTHERN CAMPBELL, SOUTHERN CAMPBELL, CROOK COUNTY PLAINS, WESTON COUNTY PLAINS, AND WYOMING BLACK HILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 329, and 332. * TIMING...From Friday morning through Friday evening. * WINDS...Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
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The record around this notice
- Fire Weather Watches in South Dakota since 200820 a year
- Every warning type in South Dakota
- Fire Weather Watch: what it means, and the states that get the most771 a year
- NWS notices, October 20262,711 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels