356  
WWUS83 KFSD 040729  
SPSFSD  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
229 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2025  
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-050100-  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-  
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-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-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCK RAPIDS, GEORGE, INWOOD, LARCHWOOD,  
SIBLEY, SPIRIT LAKE, MILFORD, ARNOLDS PARK, SIOUX CENTER,  
ORANGE CITY, ROCK VALLEY, HAWARDEN, HULL, SHELDON, HARTLEY,  
SANBORN, SPENCER, LE MARS, CHEROKEE, STORM LAKE, SIOUX CITY,  
IDA GROVE, HOLSTEIN, BATTLE CREEK, TYLER, HENDRICKS, LAKE BENTON,  
IVANHOE, MARSHALL, SLAYTON, FULDA, WINDOM, MOUNTAIN LAKE,  
WORTHINGTON, JACKSON, LAKEFIELD, PIPESTONE, LUVERNE, WAKEFIELD,  
PONCA, ALLEN, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, HURON, DE SMET, ARLINGTON,  
LAKE PRESTON, BROOKINGS, GREGORY, BURKE, WESSINGTON SPRINGS,  
ALPENA, WOONSOCKET, HOWARD, MADISON, ORLAND, FLANDREAU,  
CHAMBERLAIN, KIMBALL, PLANKINTON, WHITE LAKE, STICKNEY, MITCHELL,  
ALEXANDRIA, EMERY, SALEM, CANISTOTA, BRIDGEWATER, MONTROSE,  
SIOUX FALLS, WAGNER, PLATTE, LAKE ANDES, MARTY, ARMOUR, CORSICA,  
DELMONT, PARKSTON, FREEMAN, MENNO, TRIPP, CLAYTON, PARKER,  
CENTERVILLE, MARION, VIBORG, IRENE, HURLEY, CHANCELLOR, CANTON,  
LENNOX, TEA, HARRISBURG, TYNDALL, SCOTLAND, SPRINGFIELD, AVON,  
TABOR, YANKTON, VERMILLION, NORTH SIOUX CITY, BERESFORD,  
ELK POINT, ALCESTER, AND JEFFERSON  
229 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2025  
   
..ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS  
 
THE COMBINATION OF NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES, SOUTH WINDS  
GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH, AND DRY CROPS AND/OR GRASSES WILL RESULT  
IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WITH DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
 
FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR  
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME  
CARE WITH RESPECT TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT COULD CAUSE GRASS  
OR CROP FIRES. AVOID EQUIPMENT THAT CAN CAUSE SPARKS. DO NOT TOSS  
CIGARETTES ON THE GROUND. REPORT NEW FIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST  
FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.  
 
 
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