477  
FNUS63 KFSD 160943  
RFDFSD  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
443 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
 
STRONG WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE  
REGION TODAY. GUSTS 45-55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. COUNTIES ALONG THE  
MISSOURI RIVER FROM GREGORY COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA TO DAKOTA  
COUNTY IN NEBRASKA COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.  
 
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AGAIN  
TODAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OR TWO IS EXPECTED.  
HIGHS WILL BE COOL, IN THE 50S AND 60S. DESPITE THE STRONG WINDS,  
FIRE DANGER WILL BE LOW FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.  
 
NEZ013-161245-  
DIXON-  
   
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
 
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE  
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. 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.  
 
OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE  
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR  
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.  
 

 
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-161245-  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-  
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-  
SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-  
MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-  
UNION-  
   
..LOW FIRE DANGER
 
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY  
THIS AFTERNOON. 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  
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.  
 
OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE  
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR  
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.  
 

 
 
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