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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
151 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2026
DISCUSSION
RAIN BEGINS AGAIN THIS MORNING INTO AFTERNOON, AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY. NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA ARE
EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS, WITH AROUND AN INCH TO
AN INCH AND A HALF EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE ONLY MINOR
CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS MONDAY
AFTERNOON, REACHING A SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR, GUSTING TO
45 MILES PER HOUR. HOWEVER, MOISTURE FROM THE RAIN WILL KEEP HUMIDITY
HIGH AND FUELS DAMP, LEADING TO LOW TO MODERATE GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, DESPITE ANY INSTANCES
OF STRONG WIND.
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TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
151 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2026 /1251 AM MDT SUN APR 26 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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