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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
148 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2026
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES TODAY TO TOP OUT INTO THE 80S EAST OF THE JAMES VALLEY,
TO NEAR 100 DEGREES WEST RIVER ON A SOUTHWEST BREEZE OF 25 TO 35
MPH. HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT WEST RIVER AROUND 25 TO 35 PERCENT,
CLOSER TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, WHICH COULD COME
WITH LIGHTING AND STRONG (60 TO 70 MPH) WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL
SHIFT EAST IN THE EVENING AND WEAKEN, WITH LITTLE OVERALL RAINFALL
POTENTIAL.
HEAT WILL BE ON FOR THE WEEKEND, WITH TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE UPPER
90S TO MID 100 DEGREE RANGE.
SDZ003-015-242100-
CORSON-DEWEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH AND ISABEL
1248 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ004-005-009-016-033-034-242100-
CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HERREID, EUREKA, MOBRIDGE, GETTYSBURG,
FORT PIERRE, AND ONIDA
148 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2026 /1248 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 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 LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-010-011-017>023-035>037-045-048-051-242100-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-FAULK-SPINK-
CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-
BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, ABERDEEN, BRITTON,
SISSETON, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN,
MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO,
KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
148 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 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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