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FNUS63 KFSD 221912
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
212 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026
DISCUSSION
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING
AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND THE SUNS SETS. A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON
THURSDAY, BRINGING ANOTHER DAY OF GUSTY WINDS, JUST TURNING TO THE
NORTHWEST. HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN US NOT
EXPECTED. OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO SEASONAL NORMALS
FRIDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO MONDAY, THE BETTER CHANCES APPEAR TO BE ON
SUNDAY.
CONSIDER POSTPONING BURNING DUE TO THE VERY HIGH OR EXTREME FIRE
DANGER.
MNZ071-SDZ038-040-055-222215-
LINCOLN-BEADLE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH 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-MNZ072-080-081-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ039-050-052>054-
056>071-222215-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH 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.
IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ090-NEZ014-222215-
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-JACKSON-DAKOTA-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE 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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