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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
344 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2026
DISCUSSION
GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SWITCH AROUND TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH. OTHERWISE,
THE REST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL SEE GUSTY WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS UNTIL THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AS WELL.
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK UP AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS
RANGING FROM 25-40 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS ALONG AND NORTH OF
US HIGHWAY 212. AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 70S TO AROUND 80
DEGREES, MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 20
PERCENT OR LESS. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>009-011-015-018>020-037-151045-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-DAY-DEWEY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, WEBSTER, ISABEL,
REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, AND MILLER
344 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2026 /244 PM MDT THU MAY 14 2026/
..VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF
GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND,
INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. FIRES WILL
SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
NOT RECOMMENDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
SDZ010-016-017-021>023-033>036-045-048-051-151045-
EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-
JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IPSWICH, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, MILBANK,
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MURDO,
KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
344 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2026 /244 PM MDT THU MAY 14 2026/
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
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