616  
FNUS63 KABR 260838  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
338 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL  
INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN OFF FARTHER EAST  
INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. RAIN  
CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST; FIRST IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA  
THIS MORNING AND THEN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST  
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DRY CONDITIONS SET IN  
BRIEFLY BY TONIGHT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED  
TO RETURN AT THAT TIME AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. MINIMUM  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY WILL BE LOWEST ACROSS THE MISSOURI  
VALLEY WITH READINGS BETWEEN 50 TO 60 PERCENT AND ALONG AND WEST OF  
THE MISSOURI RIVER ON FRIDAY, WITH VALUES BETWEEN 35 TO 45 PERCENT.  
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-262245-  
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  
338 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2025 /238 AM MDT THU JUN 26 2025/  
   
..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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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