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FNUS63 KABR 071750
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1250 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2026
DISCUSSION
NORTH WINDS TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES STILL EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE
MID 70S TO MID 80S WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DOWN TO AROUND 25 TO 35
PERCENT ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY AND AROUND 35 TO 50 PERCENT
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STORM FOR CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL INTO
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS. ISOLATED COVERAGE AND FAST MOVEMENT MEANS LITTLE OVERALL
MOISTURE. COULD BE SOME LIGHTNING STARTS ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL/SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
WARMER FOR SATURDAY WITH HIGHS FROM MID 80S IN THE EAST TO MID 90S
OUT WEST. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WEST RIVER COULD DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT,
WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY AND AROUND 50
PERCENT IN THE EAST.
SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>035-045-048-080800-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES-
LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, MOBRIDGE, ISABEL,
GETTYSBURG, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
1250 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2026 /1150 AM MDT FRI AUG 7 2026/
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS
SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
CLOSELY MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-036-037-051-080800-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-
FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, EUREKA, ABERDEEN,
BRITTON, SISSETON, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK,
WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,
AND FORT THOMPSON
1250 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..LOW FIRE DANGER
FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THE
PROBABILITY OF A FAST MOVING FIRE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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