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FNUS63 KABR 030716
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
216 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
DISCUSSION
LOW GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND SATURDAY, WITH WINDS
REACHING 20-25 MILES PER HOUR AT THEIR PEAK AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID-40S PERCENT BOTH DAYS. THE MAIN POTENTIAL
FIRE WEATHER CONCERN WILL BE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT, EXPECTED
TODAY AND POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. COVERAGE WILL BE FAIRLY SCATTERED,
SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL STORMS, OTHER
THAN SOME SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCES OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY.
IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS OF 60 TO 75 MILES PER HOUR. SATURDAY'S STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE SUB-SEVERE, ALTHOUGH MAY STILL PRODUCE AN OCCASIONAL STRONGER
WIND GUST.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-032130-
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
216 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026 /116 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 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 INDEPENDENCE DAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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