# Red Flag Warning: Morton; Grant; Sioux; Emmons — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-20 02:20 ingested 2026-07-20 08:55

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Red Flag Warning — Morton; Grant; Sioux; Emmons
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
MORTON, GRANT, SIOUX, AND EMMONS COUNTIES...

.Critical fire weather conditions are expected in parts of south
central North Dakota this afternoon and early evening. Northwest
winds will increase to around 25 mph this afternoon, with gusts as
high as 40 mph. Relative humidity will fall as low as 20 percent this
afternoon as temperatures rise into the lower 90s. Any fires that
ignite will spread rapidly and become difficult to control.

The National Weather Service in Bismarck ND has issued a Red Flag
Warning.

* AFFECTED AREA...Morton, Grant, Sioux, and Emmons Counties.

* TIMING...From noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today to 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
this evening.

* WINDS...Northwest around 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 20 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become
difficult to control or suppress.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.